Video Games

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             their son or daughter is not playing an R-rated game at home. However, what
             about at a friend's home where the parents may have different standards or
             do not watch their kids as closely. Also there are a number of parents who
             do not want their children playing a video game, regardless if it is rated
             Researchers noted in Kid Stuff: Marketing Sex and Violence to
             America's Children (Ravitch & Viteritti, 2004, p. 98) report that media, to
             a certain extent, do act in loco parentis. The average American child
             spends some 5.5 hours a day interacting with media, including the Internet,
             a figure that rises to seven hours by age 18. Many of the contributors to
             the book insist that movies, TV shows, and video games not only assault
             kids with sex and violence but induce them to imitate what they see on the
             screen, ultimately causing them to lose their moral compasses.
             Kid Stuff was written based on the Federal Trade Com
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