I was tending my 3 nephews and was surprised at the video game they were playing and spending time shooting people. Interestingly, the youngest boy said to me that his brothers were not supposed to play that game very long and that he wasn't supposed to play it at all.  I asked the older boys to choose another game to play and they quickly said that they wanted to go over to  a friends house, which they were allowed to do while I was there.  After they left, the younger brother said:" They will just play worse games there because their parents don't care." My brother was obviously in a catch 22 position.  The neighbors were nice people and his good friends as well. Parents need to take video violence more seriously! Even if one family is trying, the kids can easily play violent video games at there friends houses. You don't just watch video violence, you are a (virtual)participant as well.