He is very responsible (A's and B's in school), so I don't mind if he purchases the ‘violent’ games. He actually was a bit shocked to hear about the ruling.
In California, the schools teach homosexuality and how great gay marriage is without parental consent and if a young girl needs an abortion, the parent does not have the right to know.
At least if my son purchases a new game, he has to run it on on his game console at home and I can see if it is inappropriate. It is not like going to a movie where I would not have any idea what he is seeing.
Anyway, I think that this is best left to the parents.
There is no such thing as a ``gay parent`` according to definitions in the dictionary:
from my 1887 Webster`s dictionary:
``parent n, [OF., fr.L. parens, -entis, fr. parere, to bring forth]
1. One who begets or brings forth offsspring; a father or a mother.``
source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beget
Are the courts redefining the word ``parent``?
``Gay parent`` ia a contradiction in terms, a falsehood because it does not fit the dictionary definitions.
You choose to allow your son to play Call of Duty.
I choose not to, but we allow pretty much any non-pornographic book you could think of to be read and discussed. We have yet to ban a book in the house, and the only “bans” on films have been to read the book before they see the movie where applicable.
The key is that in both cases, yours and mine, we are parenting and not allowing or expecting the state to do it for us. No one decision is appropriate for every child. Who better to make those decisions than the parent?
My children range from grad school through preschool. Good grades, good jobs, volunteer & charitable work, no significant problems at all. They dress modestly, aren’t selfish, snotty or mean. Our kids are awesome people.
I’m not about to hand the roll of parent over to the state.
There is quite a bit of difference between CALL OF DUTY and GTA-Ghetto Pimpin.
When I was a child, we had toy guns and played WAR all the time. We did not, however, play RAPE AND PILLAGE.