• htrayl@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    This is a quite a bit of handwringing over what is probably nothing:

    • Kids have been playing war, battle, or fighting games during recess since recess started. I guarantee you can spend 1 recess at any school and see at least one set of kids playing some game which is fundamentally violent fantasy.
    • As far as exposure - no offense but we are so far off kids never seeing violent imagery.
    • But, most importantly, these are also likely a sourced by handful of kids who are teaching other kids to play it that way. That’s what kids do. I can think of several personal memories of my experience in elementary school where “Kid X” taught me something that, in retrospect, that kid probably shouldn’t know yet. The spread of knowledge in children is immensely effective.
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      15 days ago

      My kid knows everything about squid game. She’s11. She’s never seen squid game. She has just heard others talk about it and she’s seen youtubers talk about it. Now she plays those games with friends who have also never seen squid game

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      15 days ago

      Anyone remember red rover?

      So many broken collarbones and other injuries. But lots of fun!