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I believe there is a connection. Not from the fact that the games are violent but more from the fact that parents use them as a full time babysitter rather then taking time with their kids and doing things with them. Rather then taking little Timmy outside and playing ball with them, mom and dad are flopping on the couch themselves after a long day and letting the kids sit in their rooms surf the net and play the games.
But that in itself stems from the high price of housing, cars and basic essentials. Mom and dad both have to work to just make ends meet. And I think at the end of the day, they are simply too worn out to take an active role in anything. It's been an ongoing issue that I think has been slowly building over the last couple of generations.
We make the assumption that these same parents are even capable of any sort of actual parenting. Some weak parents are not capable of offering any kind of perspective to their kids lives and experiences. Kids are left to come to their own conclusions about right and wrong based on the 5 or 6 hours they spend playing such games or sitting in front of the TV. We talk about protecting our kids from strangers but invite them into the living room to teach those same kids anything that pleases them.