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Poll: UK Parents Not Overly Adherent to Ratings

By pete_gallagher

A survey conducted by discount website MyVoucherCodes shows that a good chunk of UK parents allow their kids to play videogames inappropriate for their age.
 
39.0% of those surveyed allowed younger kids to play games outside of their designated age range, with 25.0% admitting they had played such games alongside their children.

Still, when compared to other types of media, videogames had the lowest numbers in the survey: 53.0% allowed their kids to watch movies outside of the recommended age range; while 66.0% let their offspring listen to music with explicit lyrics.

MyVoucherCodes Managing Director Mark Pearson stated:

I was surprised by how many parents have actually allowed their child to watch a film, play a game or listen to music knowing that they weren't old to do so. I think that every child is different and what is right for one might not be for another, but I do think that ratings are there for a reason, so parents should execute some caution on deciding what they should expose their children to.

|Via Network World|

Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on January 08, 2010 (boomark / email).