It is only natural that kids who played games when they were younger have grown up to be adults who still play games and take an active approach to their children playing games as well. And even though it should appear that these informed adults, who grew up knowing the evolution of the systems and the ESRB ratings, should know about the content of the games their families play, perhaps that isn't the case by this report.

From the article:

A new generation of technologically savvy parents are turning gaming into a family event, according to a new survey, but critics pushing for greater monitoring of video game content remain concerned.

An online survey of 1,014 U.S. children and their parents, conducted by market researcher Harrison Group -- and commissioned by U.S. game publisher Activision -- found 58 percent of parents surveyed said they play video games and more than half this time is spent with their children.

The survey comes as a bitter political battle over violent content in video games shows some signs of cooling with two of the industry's fiercest critics, U.S. senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Joe Lieberman, due later Thursday to join forces with the industry's own rating board in a nationwide educational television campaign.

"We're really seeing an emerging generation of parents who are also gamers," said Paul Lundquist, research expert with the Harrison Group. "For the most part these parents have been playing since they were teenagers themselves."

Read the full article over at reuters.com