New data citing parental concern over gaming fatally flawed

In April the video game site What They Play reported that parents were more concerned with sexual content in games than violence or profanity, raising a few questions about the priorities of video game ratings and content that may or may not be harmful for children. Now, the site has released a new survey, asking parents what would most worry them when sending a child to sleep over at a friends house. While the results are being trumpeted around the Internet as “proof” that parents fear video games as much as other social issues such as pornography or alcohol abuse, the truth is that this data tells us very little about the real-world fears of parents.