Halo 3 for 11 year old?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE4BI63O20081219

Right, and since that article is about the elderly, if OP had asked if it were OK for her 90-year-old grandmother to play Halo 3, I would have answered, "Sure!"

As for benefits of video games in general, I think that the psychological impact of the more violent games probably outweigh the benefits (problem-solving, pattern recognition, eye-hand coordination).

From one article:

"Findings from the student studies confirmed previous research on effects of playing violent games: Those playing violent games were more hostile, less forgiving and believed violence to be normal compared to those who played nonviolent games. Players of "prosocial" games got into fewer fights in school and were more helpful to other students.

Other studies involving students showed that those who played more entertainment games did poorer in school and were at greater risk for obesity."

http://medgadget.com/archives/2008/08/studies_show_benefits_of_video_game_playing.html

I said, dont MIND my OLD POST. Some internet web's sources could not be realistic, thats why I prefer using logic and reason. videgames is ok, but not many hours parents, they should learn other activities as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE4BI63O20081219

Right, and since that article is about the elderly, if OP had asked if it were OK for her 90-year-old grandmother to play Halo 3, I would have answered, "Sure!"

As for benefits of video games in general, I think that the psychological impact of the more violent games probably outweigh the benefits (problem-solving, pattern recognition, eye-hand coordination).

From one article:

"Findings from the student studies confirmed previous research on effects of playing violent games: Those playing violent games were more hostile, less forgiving and believed violence to be normal compared to those who played nonviolent games. Players of "prosocial" games got into fewer fights in school and were more helpful to other students.

Other studies involving students showed that those who played more entertainment games did poorer in school and were at greater risk for obesity."

http://medgadget.com/archives/2008/08/studies_show_benefits_of_video_game_playing.html

I said, dont MIND my OLD POST. Some internet web's sources could not be realistic, thats why I prefer using logic and reason. videgames is ok, but not many hours parents, they should learn other activities as well.

How many kids do you have?

[Anonymous]

I have a 13 YO and we won't let him get it. Sure lots of his friends have it, and he's played it at their houses, but I don't actually see any redeeming value in it. And he's frankly got so many activities and homework at this point he wouldnt have time anyway.

BTW a lot of the earlier posts seem to be pretty obviously written by 10 year olds so not sure how much weight I would put on them.