Child plea made to games industry

A government minister has made a plea to the games industry to get involved in the debate surrounding children and playing videogames.

Experts recently warned that young people were spending too many hours in front of consoles and missing out on healthy childhoods.

Creative industries minister Shaun Woodward said the industry had to deal with its image problem.

He added that videogames also had a vital role to play in the UK economy.

He said: "This is an important debate because you have access to around 23 million people in this country who are gamers; many of those are young people.

"How do we reach into homes where games have become a substitute for parenting? You [the games industry] might say that this is not your responsibility, but if you say that I think that is the response of a nascent industry."

So, it would appear that video games are replacing parenting?

I agree in principal, but you can't put the problems with parenting on the shoulders of us gamers! The majority of us are well balanced individuals, at least I hope so!