Kids should do their own laundry.

There are a multitude of things I find wrong in this argument. First and formost: Apparently, my opponent is focusing the whole entire argument over getting their children away from video games. There are many reasons why this is a weak basis for this debate. As for his first point: 1) The resolution is "Kids should do their own laundry." The resolution is not "Kids should get away from M-rated video games." I'm not sure if my opponent knows that laundry wouldn't get kids away from M-rated video games. Just because you give a child a chore to do, that doesn't mean that they will forever not be influenced by these video games. In fact, most kids would have more motivation to do their chore faster so that they can get back in the video games they were playing. One simple chore would have little to no help in the cause my opponent is stressing. 2) If it is the parents who are ignorant and buying the M-rated video games for children who should not being playing them, then the answer to this problem does not in any way by logic connect to making the kids do laundry. You could make the kids mow the lawn, do the dishes, vacuum the house, dust the house, clean the windows, and anything else you could imagine as a chore. I don't see why it comes specifically to kids doing laundry. If that's their only chore, they would still have plenty of time in the day to play video games. From experience, I know that laundry does NOT take a long time. You out the clothes in, press some buttons, wait a while, switch to the dryer, press some more buttons, and wait longer. Later on, you fold the laundry for 30 minutes tops and then you're done. I'm not seeing how this gets you away from video games. Something actually effective would be buying games that aren't M-rated. 3) M-rated video games aren't the only games in existence. As my opponent said, three quarters of children have their favorite games that aren't M-rated. That is a significant amount. Also, my opponent never specified what children he was referring to in the first place. One quarter of what children identify M-rated games among their favorites? Children around the world? Children who own video games in general? Children that have access to video games? It would be important to specify here. Now moving to his second point: 1) My opponent seems to have conveniently given evidence that supports that some video games are helpful and do good. The second point was something I was going to bring it up myself. By exposing the children to the world we live in, we're preparing them for the world. By preparing them for the world, we're preparing them to be parents. If a simple video game can badly influence the ethics of a child, that is some bad parenting. If I were a parent trying to prepare my children to become parents, making them do the laundry would not be a top priority. Making sure that playing a video game does effect their ethics or social boundaries. As it has been stated though, these video games allow you to "navigate an expansive and open-ended world." In other words, it allows you to be creative. Creativity in no way is something that is wrong. Just because you cross social boundaries in a game possibly by experimenting or being creative, it definitely doesn't translate to real life where the player of the game automatically believes that these things are okay. Again, part of the parents job. 2) I have not seen any evidence that suggests that even a small amount of children who play M-rated games follow the examples set in them. 3) Examining your own values is very beneficial and not in any way bad. You should try it sometime. It's called introspection. If anything, it would help you not be badly influenced by the video games. Somehow, I don't see how ethics and social boundaries have anything to do with kids doing their own laundry. Lastly, my opponent has not provided any evidence to show how many kids are spending a majority of their time on these video games rather than other activities. There has also been no specification of how old a child should be to be able to learn how to use a washer and dryer. Also, I'm pretty sure that if you're an adult with children, you could at least get on YouTube, or read the instructions to learn how use them. It's not as if it's a complicated series of buttons without labels such as "small load," heavy duty," "normal," etc. There's also a beautiful thing called Google. The argument of video games is zed herring logical fallacy. In other words, it's irrelevant. I applaud my opponent for attempting to prove that video games are bad, but that is a whole other debate.