Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
[5] [6] [7] Incidents such as the Columbine High School massacre in 1999 have heightened concerns of a potential connection between video games and violent actions. [8] [9] Accordingly, many concerned groups including politicians and parents have sought to enact regulatory controls of video games to prevent their sales to youth. [1]
Should the children fail to provide adequately, they allow nursing homes and government agencies to bring legal action to recover the cost of caring for the parents. Adult children can even go to jail in some states if they fail to provide filial support. [7]
Additionally, a survey of 1,102 children between 12 and 17 years of age found that 97% are video game players who have played on the last day, of which 14% of girls and 50% of boys favored games with an "M" (mature) or "AO" (adult-only) rating [14] —and 25% of parents do not check the censor's rating on a video game before allowing their ...
In what many attorneys call a first-of-its-kind ruling, a Georgia appeals court says parents can be held liable for what their children put online. In this case specifically, how the children ...
A Texas jury found the parents of a school shooter not liable for negligence on Monday in a civil trial brought in connection with the 2018 shooting at Santa Fe High School.
On the other hand, Nintendo wanted to keep games on their system appropriate for families and children, and required Acclaim to change the red blood to grey sweat, edit the fatalities, and change other parts of the game's artwork to remove elements like severed heads on spikes. [2]
The Crumbleys’ conviction was the first time parents were held criminally responsible for their child’s actions. AP The Crumbleys declined to take him home but said they would seek counseling.
There is a political movement for greater parental accountability, following of a number of highly publicized violent crimes committed by children. While all U.S. states allow parents to be sued for the various actions of their children, the idea of criminal legislation to enable the prosecution of adults for “neglectful” parenting is relatively new.