[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.