[Scarlett.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

yeah, have a kid and see how you go there barney...

I'm not saying a kid cant play any game above their age rating, but there are ones that are inappropriate, especially GTA V which has a torture scene that even I thought went a little too far

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Chewy

I'm not saying a kid cant play any game above their age rating, but there are ones that are inappropriate, especially GTA V which has a torture scene that even I thought went a little too far

every kid has a big brother or a pal that does

ratings are meaningless

[Scarlett.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

every kid has a big brother or a pal that does

ratings are meaningless

They're there for a reason, if parents ignore them, thats on them.

[Amy Jade]

Originally Posted by Chewy

They're there for a reason, if parents ignore them, thats on them.

I agree with this. I admit my mum let me watch horror movies before I was 18 and I played horror games with my step brother from pretty early too, there have always been violent games around - it is so so easy these days to look up a game and decide if a child should play it, you can pretty much type any recent game into youtube and watch soneone play it.

If a parent is too lazy to check then it's their fault, not the developers or studio who make it.

A good example is the recent Friday the 13th game, I play it quite a lot and encounter kids of about 10 playing it, nobody can tell me that their parents have never heard of those movies and know it's about a serial killer stalking teenagers in the woods and killing them off in increasing gory ways and even if they aren't aware of it the date in question is synonymous with horror.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

every kid has a big brother or a pal that does

ratings are meaningless

Silly Chewy, expecting parents to do some actual parenting.

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Silly Chewy, expecting parents to do some actual parenting.

Did you wait until you were 18 to play an 18 rated game?

Us parents are doing a great job but kids will be kids.

What we have to be on the look out for is men playing games pretending to be kids asking for naked photos.

[Cherie]

[QUOTE=thesheriff443;9679353]Just sit on your bean bag dezzy in your room playing online against a twelve year old and getting beat.

Did you wait until you were 18 to play an 18 rated game?

Us parents are doing a great job but kids will be kids.

What we have to be on the look out for is men playing games pretending to be kids asking for naked photos.[/QUOTE]




its no different to kids accessing nudey magazines back in the day, did their parents sanction them accessing them or encourage it...no, you can do your best to prevent your child from accessing content inappropriate for their age but if they really want to they will find a way, whether it be at school or their friends house, made even easier now they all have smart phones etc, and LT's point of older siblings is a very valid point also. As usual it's mostly non parents up in arms at the perceived lack of parenting in these situations, come back in 5 or 10 years time and let us know how your little angel is doing and how you monitored it, particularly when they weren't in your care

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

Did you wait until you were 18 to play an 18 rated game?

Us parents are doing a great job but kids will be kids.

What we have to be on the look out for is men playing games pretending to be kids asking for naked photos.

It's up to parents to decide whether their kids are mature enough to handle mature content. It's easy enough to monitor what kids are doing and playing so if their parents have a problem with violent video games, it's up to them to moderate what they play.

You can't be all like 'Violent video games are bad for children but I can't be bothered to keep an eye on what they're playing!'

It's a parent's responsibility to know what their children are doing.

Originally Posted by Cherie

What we have to be on the look out for is men playing games pretending to be kids asking for naked photos.[/QUOTE[/B]]




its no different to kids accessing nudey magazines back in the day, did their parents sanction them accessing them or encourage it...no, you can do your best to prevent your child from accessing content inappropriate for their age but if they really want to they will find a way, whether it be at school or their friends house, made even easier now they all have smart phones etc, and LT's point of older siblings is a very valid point also. As usual it's mostly non parents up in arms at the perceived lack of parenting in these situations, come back in 5 or 10 years time and let us know how your little angel is doing and how you monitored it, particularly when they weren't in your care

It's incredibly easy to monitor and limit what your kids are doing online. There's settings on consoles that can prevent them from talking to strangers online or receiving messages and i'm sure there's passcode options so that kids can't simply switch off safety measures unless they know the code. Hell I'm fairly certain you can limit games with older age certificates so that child accounts can't access them.

There are plenty of options out there for parents that don't want their kids playing violent games or interacting with people online.

The advent of Smartphones haven't made monitoring children harder, it's easier than it used to be since there's **** tons of apps for monitoring children with technology that didn't exist before smartphones were a thing.

Finally, the act of pushing out a baby does not make a person superior to people who don't have kids nor does it give you a wealth of information that would otherwise be inaccessible to people without kids.

If parents are that concerned about what their kids are doing then there's plenty of options available to them as long as they can...you know... be bothered to do more than just complain.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

It's up to parents to decide whether their kids are mature enough to handle mature content. It's easy enough to monitor what kids are doing and playing so if their parents have a problem with violent video games, it's up to them to moderate what they play.

You can't be all like 'Violent video games are bad for children but I can't be bothered to keep an eye on what they're playing!'

It's a parent's responsibility to know what their children are doing.



It's incredibly easy to monitor and limit what your kids are doing online. There's settings on consoles that can prevent them from talking to strangers online or receiving messages and i'm sure there's passcode options so that kids can't simply switch off safety measures unless they know the code. Hell I'm fairly certain you can limit games with older age certificates so that child accounts can't access them.

There are plenty of options out there for parents that don't want their kids playing violent games or interacting with people online.

The advent of Smartphones haven't made monitoring children harder, it's easier than it used to be since there's **** tons of apps for monitoring children with technology that didn't exist before smartphones were a thing.

Finally, the act of pushing out a baby does not make a person superior to people who don't have kids nor does it give you a wealth of information that would otherwise be inaccessible to people without kids.

If parents are that concerned about what their kids are doing then there's plenty of options available to them as long as they can...you know... be bothered to do more than just complain.

Jeez we all know about parental settings Dezzy read what I actually posted why don't you

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Jeez we all know about parental settings Dezzy read what I actually posted why don't you

I did read and respond to your points, but you haven't really responded to what I said, instead you decided to respond with an baiting comment.

[Scarlett.]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

Did you wait until you were 18 to play an 18 rated game?

Us parents are doing a great job but kids will be kids.

I did play GTA III when I was 10, but there is a huge difference between


and this


Whenever I played GTA III, my mum watched, and if she found anything too violent, I'd be made aware that it was wrong, and its a fictional game, and that things in the game shouldn't be replicated in real life. Also, my mum refused to get me Max Payne, as it was too violent, so it is possible to say no to certain games.

What we have to be on the look out for is men playing games pretending to be kids asking for naked photos.

wat?