These parents are either stupid or being ignorant, I mean are you telling me when they buy a movie or go to the cinema they dont have a clue what PG, 15 and 18 means??? Its pretty much the same damn rating on games!

For the BBFC ratings parents generally know what's what, but a lot of parents think the PEGI ratings are difficulty rather than content markers, in the same way that kids' toys have.

Yes I can see how a PEGI rating's can confuse...3+, 12+ and 18+ is very difficult to follow *rolls eyes*

Its a good job violent games have an '18' rating, so that PARENTS don't buy the game...

Busy lives lead parents to agree to most things that are likely occupy their kids for a few hours - whether it's a video or a game or colouring or whatever. Kid wants it, it makes them happy so everyone's happy. However, as with access to the internet and chat rooms, plonking a kid in front of the TV conflicts with a parent's awareness that it isn't necessarily the right thing to do. It's not just about ratings or violence its about a kid having a balance in what they do. One of the issues tho with the ratings is the continuation of publishers to wrap more adult oriented material in comic-book covers. It's no different to the alco-pop debacle which was subsequently outlawed. The cover looks like a comic book character that generally belies the nature of the content. Such marketing should be restricted or made more accountable. I've known too many kids (pre-teen) playing Vice City. Equally, parents should take a greater interest in what their kids are doing. Although my 13 yr old son really resents the interest I take :-).

if these parents are so concerned with the ratings and do not understand them, then they should DO SOME BLOODY RESEARCH!, its not hard to type "Pegi ratings" or "Game certification" into google and read a page for 5 minutes.

and as for restricting play for 1 hour a day, that is down to them as parents. Or do they want the games developers to go around every house every hour and tell the kids to turn off their games consoles, and instead join in with the violent sports like football that encourage drinking and beating people up because they support another team?

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