Superintendent Bill Harrison, New Zealand’s national manager of police youth services, has told a youth offending conference in Wellington that he sees a link between the rise of violent videogames and the increase in the number of young people arrested for violent conduct.

According to a report in the New Zealand Herald, Harrison noticed the link after finding his own son playing a game.

“It was desensitising him to violence. It was shifting his norm about how he would deal with conflict. You see these kids – their hands are wringing wet with sweat because their bodies are taking in what’s going on on the screen and they are acting it out.”

I have a LOT to say about this, but I want to hear what you guys think out there.  I really want to hear from parents or soon to be parents on this issue. Also on another topic what are you doing to help keep your kids away from video game violence.

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