By Stephanie Wurtz
s.wurtz@krdo.com

COLORADO SPRINGS - Do you to know what you're letting into your home every time your kid turns on the video games?  Attorney General John Suthers is joining a campaign to help educate parents. 

You can try out just about any game in the store.  But before you buy, the new campaign wants to make sure you know what you're putting up on your TV screen.  "I usually read the back and check it out," says Kana Condon, a parent to a 17-year-old, "to make sure there's not a lot of sex, violence, gory." 

One letter can help parents figure out what they're getting.  "We want to make sure everybody has the information," says Best Buy General Manager Bob Mohon.  It's information on ratings to help parents use their own discretion. 

"When I see an 'M' on there, I'd like to se why it was rated 'M,'" says Jennifer Hodge, a parent to two teenage boys, "there are certain things I'm not worried about, but other things I'd rather them not be exposed to." 

Colorado's Attorney General is the voice of a new public service campaign.  It urges parents to look for ratings and take measures when you aren't watching.  "Use the parental controls on your game consoles to block games rated for older players," Suthers says in the public service announcement. 

"Make yourself aware," Hodge advises to parents, "nowadays, with so much technology that's out there, we have to know what's going on, what our kids are being exposed to and what our kids are doing with their free time." 

There are two places you can look for what a game's rated:  a label on the front and on the back, a the letter with more detail on why a game got its rating.  Click here for more information on the campaign.