Poll: Supernanny takes on video games.

[jackyjack13579]

I just really enjoy the fact that we all (80%) picked the "No, she's a fat cow" option. SuperNanny needs to get some of her own children and then she'll see whats-what.

 

[(whitty name here)]

Convincing a wider audience the lie that indicates that there is a direct connection to violence and videogames: You're doing it right you stupid ugly cow.

I like that option it expresses my opinion well. I can't think about that show without thinking about the South Park Supernanny episode.

http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/1007/

 

[Brnin8]

To quote Dib from Invader Zim when Zim flies into the asteroid belt: "Thats just stupid"
Seriously how does this show anything, odds are the kids in the Violent group were not raised to be polite while the ones in the Non-Violent one were raised to be polite, theres just too many variables for this to be accurate.

 

[Once a Human]

All she did was drop her pen to test their POLITENESS?! That's a piss poor test.

 

[PrimoThePro]

supernanny... games... children... rage... building...
*REPRESS! REPRESS!* ahh. nicely repressed into the back of my brain where it can hurt no one.
ANYhoo. OT.
your absolutely right. these parents seem so quick to blame video games, but when you look into their houses, (dont... dont actually look into their houses!) you see the kid is out of control and basically does what he/she wants. dont blame video games. stop it. just stop it.

 

[Fireandice]

so wait, the interviewer intentionally knocked some pens of a table with no provocation and the fact that the kids didn't all spring up to correct his/her random act of mess-making proves beyond any doubt that it is the video games fault? wtf? that seriously has nothing to do with anything.

If I was in a room talking to someone and they knocked some stuff over I wouldn't be like "oh look what happened. here, let me fix that for you." this prooves nothing.

(someone may have said this already but I just don't wanna read circa 200 comments to find out)

 

[Jindrak]

Except those who played the non-violent video-game have, in all likelihood played a violent video game in the past, making the experiment even more useless.

 

[Cosplay Horatio]

20 participants is a fair amount but the type of test on the half who played violent games and the half who played non-violent-esque video games is ridiculous. The person performing the test purposely knocked the pens to the floor. The boys who didn't pick them up must've though that the person was crazy or something.

I played violent video games since the dawn of the Nintendo and I've been polite because my parents taught me to be polite. This experiment is invalid.

20 people is not NEARLY close to the size of a sample you would need to make this a widely-accepted "fact".

Even with a necessary 100 people tested and being both boys and girls the experiment of picking up knocked over pens is still invalid.

 

[Weaver]

This is honestly an affront to the way a scientific experiment is supposed to be conducted.

 

[Grounogeos]

Just when I thought I was running out of reasons the people on those nanny shows need to have some sense beaten into them...

They were showing improvements on understanding the effect violent games have. They said:

violent videogames are harmful to children, but it's the parents fault they've got them in the first place

Fix't version:

violent videogames are harmful to children, but it's the parents fault for not teaching them to separate games from reality in the first place

 

[Mortons4ck]

This is what happens to science when you take Bill Nye off the airwaves.

 

[Fwee]

Maybe it just shows that most kids think dipshit clumsy adults should clean up their own mess?

 

[Srassy]

Politeness? Seriously?

Back in the day when I was a gorgeous young primary school student, I was somewhat a bully to my peers. However I was extraordinarily polite to those in authority over me which would make a good portion of my negative behaviour unnoticed.

According to this study, a violent but polite person is a contradiction. And that's just once problem . . .

 

[FactualSquirrel]

Hahahaha no offence but I got all depressed by your post It feels like it's you against the world Fun isn't it. I'm still wondering if it is. Fighting singlehandedly against everyone! Noone is on your side, noone listens.

The important thing is that you never lose your faith in yourself. You have to KNOW what you are and aren't. That way it doesn't matter what poo people fling at you. They'll be throwing at an immovable mountain. And yes their assumptions are based on ignorance. Perhaps you can change that? Not through talking, but if you show them. Show them what and how I don't know. But where words fail it is always best to show them your world, try to make them symphatize.

Why don't you try to play video games with your parents? I've played alot of games with both my mum and my father and they understand me completely. Hell they still play video games but they aren't hardcore Give it a try. Whether it's a family game or something that speaks to them. Perhaps a puzzle, point-and-click game for your mom, and a shooter for your dad? Try You never know, you might blow their world away and open their eyes in the proccess

Naa, it's cool, I was kinda ranting there so it was to be expected.

And my dad plays games, but is 3D sick, so he can only play the side on football games. My mum plays spider solitaire, and that's the closest she gets to gaming. Tried GH with her once. It didn't go well.

Ah man I feel for you.
Must be difficult when your parents prefer to listen to the media than their own off spring.

My recommendation is to just smile and nod. If they ever question why you don't debate ask what the point is when its one sided, your ignored, and they'd rather believe the media than experience games for themselves to make their own informed judgement.
Oh yeah, if they ever use the "you're just staring at the monitor/TV playing games and looking like a zombie" ask them if they have any idea what they look like staring at the TV, and atleast your interacting with your chosen form of entertainment.

It might not work, but it's worth a go.

EDIT: I made a mess of quoting you there, but i think I've tidied it up properly now

Heh, I'll give that a go, and it's mainly violent games which they refuse to listen about, and it doesn't help that my sister is a psychology student who spouts bullshit like a fuckin' bullshit machine.

 

[Voop_Bakon]

This is what happens to science when you take Bill Nye off the airwaves.

Q. F. T.

 

[ChaoticLegion]

I don't know if any of you watch the show Supernanny (UK)
But today's episode (which has finished, catch it on 4oD if you're interested in watching it) Supernanny took part in an 'experiment' (I only caught the last few minutes, but got the gist of what they were doing) where she separated 20 boys. One half played a violent War game and the other half played a non-violent football game. After they played for a while, they were taken to a separate room individually to be interviewed. The interviewer purposely knocked some pens over to see how the children reacted. She wanted to see if the children who played the violent games were polite and kind enough to pick up the pens. None of them did, but a couple of the non-violent players did, so they concluded that playing violent war games influences children to be less polite.
I just don't understand.
Surely, parents have the most influence over the children? I was brought up to be polite as I'm sure many of you were, so I don't understand why they are purely blaming video games. Why not music? Or TV?
It actually angered me; I may be saying this as a gamer,but if they changed it to "shoe shopping makes children violent" or something I equally hate, I'd still be ranting about it.
So I ask you, do you agree with this? Or are they just out to scare the parents and stop kids playing video games? And if you pay violent games yourself, do you become influenced by them? Have you became a less polite person because of it?
I personally think it's down to parenting as the child as an individual.

This is the only article I can find on it

First childcare megastar Dr Tanya Byron came to the earth-shattering conclusion that "violent videogames are harmful to children, but it's the parents fault they've got them in the first place" and tomorrow night, Supernanny Jo Frost will also tackle the thorny subject of kids and videogames - and how to limit Little Johnny or Jenny's intake to acceptable levels

Of course I do not agree with it, no individual capable of self sustained thought and reason would jump on this band wagon of morons, preaching their under researched and uncredible bullshit.

I've been playing war games for years (amongst other games obviously, although most contain at least some form of violence), and also listen to extremely heavy music amongst other things. However without trying to sound egotistical, I'm probably one of the most polite and courteous people you could meet.
I hold doors open for people, I always politely greet people I recognise and even some I don't in passing, I'll happily go out of my way to assist anyone in difficulty or who is struggling.
I'm currently doing my Law degree course and many of my friends here also play violent games and they also are exceptionaly polite and courteous. The whole argument based around games being the major factor in personality traits is flawed and pathetic.

 

[Wintermoot]

nope I play various war games (mainly the COD series) and I am still polite its just the way I am raised things like this should be left to profesors maybe the kids who didnt pick up the pens where raised that way or its pure coincedens