Who Picks the Video Games? By Jacob

Would you like to know that your child is missing and not know where they were while they were gone? Kids, how about if your best friend was banned from play dates because they got an inappropriate game? All this could happen if children are allowed to go to a local video game store to buy video games by themselves.

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_Children should not get to choose their own video games by themselves because kids might buy inappropriate games. A child might want a really bloody game with monsters, such as World of Warcraft. Inappropriate games will rot a kid's brain. Sure, a kid would want to play the game at first. But when his best friend who has the game is having nightmares, he will be very happy that he didn't buy the game himself!

In addition, if children go to the video game store without adult supervision, the parent will not know what the kid is doing. They could be gone for a long time, and they might even go to other places on their own. The kid could get kidnapped! Lots of people are good, but some are not in this world. Everyday someone gets kidnapped, and most of the people who get kidnapped are kids or teens.

An adult should really be there at the store when a kid or teenager buys a video game to help the kid make appropriate choices and for the kid's own safety. If not ...