Do you think violent games and movies influence the youth?

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Everything effects the youth. The effect of violent games and movies is very low, imho, almost negligible.. yet still present. It may only truly effect someone predisposed to violence genetically or otherwise. My kids won’t watch violent movies or play violent games until they are old enough to filter the garbage from the gold. By that I mean, they need to understand what is cinematic and what is real. Garbage in, garbage out.

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