15 April 2013 - QA 7

Gurudev, are you saying children should not play video games?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: I don’t say that they should never play any video games.
There are many brain teaser games that children should play. I would suggest we avoid the violent video games.Their little mind does not know the difference between the virtual world and the real world. In the virtual world when they keep shooting, people get up again. So, they think people will get up again if they shoot in the real world, like in the virtual world. Many crimes happen because their thought process becomes blurred between the virtual and real world. I am all for games. Children should learn games. I am not against children playing video games or watching TV, but not for too long periods; only for an hour per day.