President Barack Obama continues to slag video games, this time during a speech given to the NAACP last Thursday night.
The President maintains that parents need to look after their children more closely, this includes turning of the "Xbox."
Here's the excerpt from the speech (via WSJ)
QUOTE "We can't tell our kids to do well in school and then fail to support them when they get home," he said. "You can't just contract out parenting. For our kids to excel, we have to accept our responsibility to help them learn. That means putting away the Xbox — putting our kids to bed at a reasonable hour. It means attending those parent-teacher conferences and reading to our children and helping them with their homework."
We don't really think Obama is calling out Microsoft's console specifically, but rather just generalizing video games as a whole. But don't think that didn't stop the software giant from turning this situation into an ample opportunity to generate good press.
"We agree with President Obama that it's a time for families to work together so that kids use media in ways that are safe, healthy and balanced," said a Microsoft spokesperson.
"Xbox 360 is the only console gaming system that has a timer feature allowing parents to set time limits for their kids, as well as parent controls to enable parents to set limits on what their kids are playing and watching."
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Obama, stick to getting the terrorist and leave the video game issues to the parents of kids who you never met or know about.
The President maintains that parents need to look after their children more closely, this includes turning of the "Xbox."
Here's the excerpt from the speech (via WSJ)
QUOTE "We can't tell our kids to do well in school and then fail to support them when they get home," he said. "You can't just contract out parenting. For our kids to excel, we have to accept our responsibility to help them learn. That means putting away the Xbox — putting our kids to bed at a reasonable hour. It means attending those parent-teacher conferences and reading to our children and helping them with their homework."
We don't really think Obama is calling out Microsoft's console specifically, but rather just generalizing video games as a whole. But don't think that didn't stop the software giant from turning this situation into an ample opportunity to generate good press.
"We agree with President Obama that it's a time for families to work together so that kids use media in ways that are safe, healthy and balanced," said a Microsoft spokesperson.
"Xbox 360 is the only console gaming system that has a timer feature allowing parents to set time limits for their kids, as well as parent controls to enable parents to set limits on what their kids are playing and watching."
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Obama, stick to getting the terrorist and leave the video game issues to the parents of kids who you never met or know about.
