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Old 03-08-2009, 11:11 AM   #1
Antaletriangle
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Default Computer Games are Good for Kids, Parents Say!?

What hope have kids got when parents are so mind controlled as this-sure kids should not feel isolated from their friends and allowed to play but it should be encouraged by decent parents to play outside and find interests in nature,have fun by making and riding a go-cart not sitting on the floor playing on a virtual one with a plate of fries and burgers and coke by them.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/16087...rents_say.html

Computer Games are Good for Kids, Parents Say
Oliver Garnham, PC Advisor

Mar 7, 2009 5:20 pm

Computer games are good for children, according to a Microsoft-commissioned survey in the U.K. that seeks to pacify parents concerned by violence, sex and swearing in games such as Grand Theft Auto IV.

The Play Smart, Play Safe study, which surveyed 2500 parents, found that games are a "great social experience". Sixty-one percent of parents allowed their children to play games labeled with a higher age rating, although 42 percent were worried about their sons and daughters communicating with older users online.

More than fifty percent said games bring families closer together. However, the Microsoft-backed report also surveyed 1000 children, and found 69 percent of them wanted their parents to keep a closer eye on the age certificates of the games they played.

Grand Theft Auto IV
Eight-one percent of British children play computer games at least once a week, according to the research, with more than 75 percent playing against other gamers online.

Mike Rawlinson, director-general of the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELPSA), told The Telegraph that the fact that so many children are playing games online "reinforces the need for a single age ratings system that protects British children, both on- and off-line, now and in the future".

"This is why the games industry is totally committed to PEGI, the independently regulated Pan-European Game Information System, which we're asking the government to enforce through UK law," he said.

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WinTard says:
Sat Mar 07 10:59:32 PST 2009
Re: Computer Games are Good for Kids, Parents Say
I would agree. My kid has been playing with computers since age 1, starting with Mother Goose. It allows them to familiarize themselves with a critical tool that will be necessary for their future success in the 3rd millennium and 21st century. And it develops an interest and passion for something worthwhile.

The major source of calamity in our society is people plodding through life without direction or objectives. And idle, bored minds turn to nasty things...

At least, whatever the subject is, when someone is passionate about what they do, they do well towards themselves and society.

One can make a parallel with history during the first Agricultural Revolution, then second Industrial Revolution towards our now Technological Revolution.

To people waking with the sun, and going to bed at sunset, hard-working all day long in the fields seeing someone disinterested with the 'facts of life' such as reading a book, cultivating their minds, they felt that activity totally worthless, and futile. But history has shown they were the ones living in futility. Don't get me wrong, they were hard-working good people. Just that civilization has displaced their lives. Good or bad isn't the point here.

Then during the Industrial Revolution, one thousand field-workers got displaced by one machine, capable of doing a much more efficient and better job than they could. Even the term 'sabotage' came from those disgruntled workers, throwing their sabots (wooden shoes) into the machinery in attempt to break it...

Now we are in the midst of a Technological Revolution, and those who cannot adapt, are simply going to get steam-rolled over into oblivion.

Look at Google; it deals only with Information, using Technology to provide it. It is the fastest growing company in the history of mankind, after only two years after IPO growing by leaps and bounds to a size close to that of Microsoft which took thirty years to achieve. At one point reaching high point $714.87 from an initial $80 IPO.

see: http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=G...=0;logscale=on

And in today's deflated economy still has a market cap of $97.29B

see: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=GOOG

In contrast to once blue chip stocks the likes of General Motors

General Motors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaGeneral Motors Corporation (GM) (NYSE: GM), founded in 1908, is the world's second-largest automaker after Toyota, ranked by 2008 global unit sales. ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors - 240k - Cached - Similar pages

So a heavy industrial 100+ year old established company like GM is now only worth on the stock markets a mere $885.20M or $0.88520B in comparison.

see: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=GM

The point I am making here is all the top companies and the entire world's economy resides in high-technology oriented fields and that in the 21st century, that's where all the action will be.

Thus in starting our kids early onto high-technology, what could be better than making it fun?

As to the puritans that claim this or that, do your jobs as good parents best as you can, to ensure your kids have proper moral values, guiding principles, and the education to succeed in life. You won't be there to protect them when they are adults, and our future... So best prepare them right now.

Discovery Channel is great TV for kids too!

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To all, please forgive all these quotes, but kids and education are just critical to their future, my message is to convey and share timeless wisdom from everyone to everyone... Please enjoy!

PS: Learning is so simple. Just have fun!

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