My Mom and I don't exactly see eye to eye. Our latest dispute is over game ratings. For Christmas this year, I got an Xbox 360 console. I have been playing games such as “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2” and “Halo” at my friends’ houses for at least four years, since I was about ten years old. Now, there is a heavy dispute over which games I am allowed to play. Should I not be allowed to play games that are rated Mature just because the label says so, or should I be allowed to play M-rated games because I have already been playing them for years?

Virtually every video game for sale or rental in the U.S. carries an ESRB rating. An age rating category on the front of the package recommends what age the game is best suited for, and content descriptors on the back indicate the type of content that may have triggered the rating assigned or may be of interest or concern to you.