Survey: More parents playing video games
SAN JOSE - In a sign that video games are becoming more popular as family entertainment, a national survey in the USA released last week indicates joysticks aren’t just for kids.
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Thirty five percent, or about one in three parents, say they play, too, and 80 percent of that segment play video games with their children, according to the new survey commissioned by the Entertainment Software Association, a video game industry group. The average ”gamer parent” spends 19 hours a month playing video games, and spends roughly half that time playing alongside kids, the survey found. Two thirds of the gamer parents said they feel that playing video games has brought their families closer together.
Count among them Andrew Bub. „It makes us all laugh at each other”, said the Milwaukee stay at home father of two. As the founder of GamerDad.com, a Web site with game reviews and a discussion forum for parents, Bub has promoted the idea of video games as a family bonding tool for years. „Kids are going to play what they want to play, and parents are better off getting involved instead of sitting on the sidelines”, he said.
Other survey findings: The typical gamer parent is 37, and almost half the group are women. Twenty seven percent of gamer parents began playing video games around the same time their children started.
The Entertainment Software Association, which is challenging various state laws banning the sales of violent video games to minors, noted that about two of every three parents surveyed agreed it is not the role of the government to protect kids from violent games. (World)
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