To rate or not to rate. I am currently reviewing persuasive writing with my sixth grade class. I was inspired by our blogs to ask them the following question. Should video games be rated and restricted in sales to children. Those children who did support the rating of games cited the previous violence at Columbine: the fact that games might create "instant sharpshooters. They also discriminated violence from other innapropriate content. Although many of them said that the violence should not be rated, they did believe nudity and sexual content should be restricted. Those who did not support rating the games supported their arguments with the idea that children mature at different rates. Also they believe that their parents should have the right to choose for them (not necessarily a great argument. It was interesting. Has the violence group considered having children speak in their play?