Hagelin writes about how video games can lead to violence among children. Hagelin who notes that she is a mother writes from the point of view of a mother. In fact that is one of her jobs, to write for WorldNetDaily.com (the same website that was selling "NOBama" magnetic bumper stickers), and Townhall.com called "Heat Beat". She writes about social issues through the eyes of a mother. So does that automatically mean that her views and ideas are at all creadiable? They say that yes indeed a mother knows best, but I mean we have to draw the line on somethings. Hagelin uses a statement from Dr. Elizabeth Carll of the America Psychological Association to help justify some of her points. Hagelin uses the advice of Dr. Carll but how credible is Dr. Carll? Yet still she is only one opinion so can we just automatically take her word on anything she says about this matter as well. Carll says that games enhance the
"learning experince". Hagelin uses this statement to her advantage by saying that this "learning expeerince" the children are doing is teaching them to become corruptive and commit acts of violence. Dr Carll in this online website http://www.apa.org/releases/videoviolence05.html is quoted for saying that violent games may create "aggressive behavior" in children. Which is not the same at all as violent as Hagelin is trying to say. Hagelin clearly twistes up these words in order for her points to have some solid ground to stand up on. If she will twist the words of Dr. Carll is it possible that she twisted up these events in order to make video games appear more harmful then they really are?
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