They were the subject of a White House roundtable convened last week by President Trump following last month's shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in which 17 were killed. The topic of violence and video games - and the games' rating system - are newly in the spotlight. "The biggest thing we constantly try to push is know your kids and know the content your kids are playing and get involved with what your kids are interested in," Haynes says. What that means is parents need to be especially vigilant when it comes to assessing whether the games their children play are appropriate. If you're wondering whether the video game your child is playing is appropriate, there's a long-standing rating system in place to guide you.īut that system, established in 1994 after Senate hearings into violence in video games, is "good but not perfect," says Jeff Haynes, senior editor for video games at Common Sense Media, a non-profit group that curates its own library of ratings and reviews of games, movies apps, TV shows and other content. Watch Video: How to monitor your child's video games
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