Heard some interesting news.  They did it with tobacco and now they are going after the gaming industry.  The National Institute on Media and the Family (NIMF) is sending kids out to gaming stores and seeing if they can buy M (Mature 17+) rated games.  Does this scare me?  A little, I’m probably not as much as a stippler on checking ids as I should be.  Not that I let small kids buy M games it just that I mainly go by looks and just don’t force everyone to produce an ID.  Now I will say that there are games out there that are rated M that are not the worst games in the world, I believe that kids need to experience some violence and swearing when they are younger as long as they know that those things are not right.  I was over protected as a kid and then when I got my first part time job it completely sruprised me how much swearing and such there is in the world.  I mean you can protect them all you want but they will get out on their own and i’d rather have my child prepared for what is out there then have them shocked when they realize what has beened hidden from their vision.