ESRB in other words the Entertainment Software Rating Board is designed to help especially parents to buy a game for their children. These ESRB stamps have two equally balanced parts. First one is a rating symbol showed by number. This number is suggested age of kid that is the game appropriate for. Other part is a content descriptor that shows what can we basically expect our children to see. For example you can see on the game box: sexual content violence, mature humor, drugs reference etc. (http://www.esrb.org/).
This rating was first used in 1994 and trought its 16 years of existence, it was transformed many times. There is also more cooperation between ESRB specialists and parents. Nowadays, there are six rating symbols (you can see them in the link above), which show which age is the game suggested to. For example famous video game GTA IV (Grand Theft Auto) is rated as Mature - which is dedicated to adolescents 18 years and older.
In my opinion, even more games should be classified as harmful for children. Because there is a lot of nasty stuff in new video games. It is scientifically proven that children want to try something that they see. For example beating someone with baseball bat, which is quite normal in games like Grand Theft Auto. I think that ESRB is really good tool for parents, but they shlould be more concerned about amount of time that their children spend in front of the PC, Xbox, Play station or whatever screen.
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