I believe the answer is a or the first one.
Answer:
Passage 1 is more effective because passage 2 relies on personal anecdotes as the main evidence.
Explanation:
The first passage makes more effective evidence because while it relies on data and figures, the second portion relies on personal incidents as its main evidence.
The first passage makes very reasonable and logical reasoning about the importance of video games in the life of juveniles and how there has been a reduction in juvenile offenses while there have been in video game sales.
However, the second passage uses personal encounters with her children to make a discussion which is not relevant at all but rather a request to emotion.
