Violent Video Games and Co-Playing with Children

[Dr. Andrew Doan]: And I would also recommend that people play with their children like they do board games. And so if you’re going to be a family that allows violent video games in your home, and violence can be different degrees, but play with your children so you can actually walk through a sense of moral compass or actually express some level of morality with them. Because left alone, these open world games, such as Roblox and Minecraft, just search YouTube and the kids will go off and do some horrific things because they’re left unchecked with proper boundaries. So play with your kids and that way you can control the level of violence and actually give them a sense of moral purpose in how they’re playing and why they’re playing and have that discussion with them.