Survey - Children and Gaming

[Jynx_lucky_j]

Hello everyone,
I am a college student writing a research paper on the regulation of video games as a method to protect children.It would be much help and greatly appreciated if any of you who are parents with children who play game would take a moment to to feel out the survey below. If you do not wish you responses to be public, feel free to message them to me instead.

For the purpose of this survey I'm trying to leave the politic of the situation out and focus on how parent s are making use of the ESRB and regulating their children's gameplay.

Thank you for you time.

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How many hours a week does your child play video games?



On a scale of 1 ? 10, how well do you feel that you understand the ESRB video game rating system? (1 is low, 10 is high)



What is the highest rating you allow your children to play?
eC ? Early Childhood (recommended 3 years and up)
E ? Everyone (recommended 6 years and up)
E10+ - Everyone 10+ (recommended 10 years and up)
T ? Teen (recommended 13 years and up)
M ? Mature (recommended 17 years and up)
Ao ? Adults Only (only intended for 18 years and up)



How old are your children?



If you allow your children to play games recommended for ages higher than their own, how do you manage the content you children are exposed to?



Are you concerned about the effects video games can have on your children?

 

[Batou667]

I think one of the basic requirements for being let into higher education should be the ability to spell the word "college". Unless you actually do study through the medium of torn-up paper and textiles? (Rant over).

Anyway, I'm afraid I don't have children and I suspect that only a minority of people on this forum do. Why not try asking in a parents forum, such as mums.net?

 

[])rStrangelove]

I'm 39 and still a child. Should i rate myself?

 

[A3sir]

The rating system is fine. The problem is when parents buy their 12 year olds things like GTA and then complain when it clearly states on the box that the game is not for children.

 

[Jynx_lucky_j]

I think one of the basic requirements for being let into higher education should be the ability to spell the word "college". Unless you actually do study through the medium of torn-up paper and textiles? (Rant over).

Anyway, I'm afraid I don't have children and I suspect that only a minority of people on this forum do. Why not try asking in a parents forum, such as mums.net?

Yes yes, my spelling is terrible I know. Luckily My wife is a writer and I have her proof read all my assignments before I submit them. I will correct the misspelling however.

Also, I was originally going to post these questions on a parenting forum, but all the top parenting forums I found with a Google search see very little traffic. Then I thought, if a gamers median age is 37, then there are likely a lot of gamers with kids, and chances are their kids in turn play video games.

The rating system is fine. The problem is when parents buy their 12 year olds things like GTA and then complain when it clearly states on the box that the game is not for children.

I actually agree. In my opinion the ESRB is the most advanced and easy to understand rating system for any media, but for purposes of the research paper I'm attempting to remain unbiased.

 

[Batou667]

Yes yes, my spelling is terrible I know. Luckily My wife is a writer and I have her proof read all my assignments before I submit them. I will correct the misspelling however.

I'm sorry dude. I was being a pedant and an arse.

 

[Rawne1980]

I understand the rating perfectly fine.

I let them play anything up to teen for the 2 youngest (depending on content. they are 7 and 10).

Teen to mature for the next 2 (depending on the game and content, they are 11 and 13).

And my eldest step daughter can play anything she likes, she's 18.

They don't play very often though. They have school work and the eldest has her University work. They have chores and the eldest has work.

They all have sports and other activities they engage in as well.

They probably play for a couple of hours a day on average to unwind.

None of them are violent.

Being "Army brats" as i'm ex military they don't have an attitude as I can be quite strict at times and they all hate it when I shout ... and run in fear when my wife shouts ... she's tiny and i'm scared of her when she's pissed off.

Games have not affected them in any way, shape or form. It's a way for them to relax and nothing more.