He gets it: Congressman emphasizes parental involvement in game choices |
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Score one for the home team, because there's at least one member of Congress on the side of responsible gaming. Through Game Politics, we found out that Generation: Gamerz got a reply on the issue of games in governmental legislation, sent to the House of Representatives by the Video Game Voter's Network, from Rep. James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin. The letter, which you can see in greater detail on the right, definitely has the basic concepts behind gaming legislation down pat, but what really makes us smile is how he places parental responsibility as an important factor in buying games to begin with. Wrote Sensenbrenner:
I believe that parents have a responsibility to monitor the video games that their children play. Parents, not the government, are in the best position to educate children and restrict harmful material from them.
Definitely some good news right there. Of course, we can't all vote on him just for that one thing, but it's definitely a good thing to know.
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As a parent and a gamer I have really been annoyed at Congress flaunting about to take my rights as a parent away. It's about time someone in D.C. finally understands that parent's have as much responsibility in this, in fact MORE responsibility than Congress does, over what my child gets to play at home. Bravo.
Finally someone is making people see that parents need to take responsibility for the games they buy their kids. If they choose to not educate themselves on the rating system then it's their fault not the gaming industry who is doing all they can to help make sure games are going to the right age groups.