Child would like unsuitable game for christmas HELP!

shortchanged_2

julie8314dave wrote: »

Our son will be 8 on sunday and he has asked for the new call of duty black ops on Wii, not knowing what it was about i went on the internet to find out what it was, then i noticed it was an 18 rating, i spoke to him about it and he said all my freinds have it in school.

I know that the 18 is put there for a reason but would you buy it for your son, and is it really that bad.

Thanks.

From the title of your thread why do you say help???

Just learn to say NO!!!!

A game like that is totally inappropriate for an 8 year old. Get a grip and stop being like a sheep just because his friends are playing it. Shame on their parents but it doesn't mean you should follow.

Why are parents so soft these days?

shellsuit

shortchanged wrote: »

From the title of your thread why do you say help???

Just learn to say NO!!!!

A game like that is totally inappropriate for an 8 year old. Get a grip and stop being like a sheep just because his friends are playing it. Shame on their parents but it doesn't mean you should follow.

Why are parents so soft these days?

Probably the same reason that some are so rude.

money_honey

I definitely would not get it. My husband has it and the level of very graphic violence and swearing is not appropriate for a young child. There's a reason it's rated 18.

There are loads of games around, there must be another which he likes which would be more appropriate. You could always tell him the game is sold out and ask what he wants instead?

piratefairy

You said in your title that it's an "unsuitable" game. I think you've answered your own query

shortchanged_2

shellsuit wrote: »

Probably the same reason that some are so rude.

So by telling it straight I'm being rude?

cheepskate_2

I let my child play these games.
Games on their own dont lead to " gun killing crazy adults" as a lot of you would like to think.
These "studies", I could do a study and make these results fit into whatever I want.

If this was, then we would be able to identify "crazy" people from just their computer habits We cant so out goes the theory. Prior to the games, it was being allowed to watch horror movies, before that it would have been something else.

My son plays these, in the living room, not stuck somewhere in his bedroom to give me peace. He talks to me about them and knows they are unreal.

My son is totally non-aggressive, never hits, even when hit doesnt like bullying or bossing people about etc .
It was strange as at his school when he was into playing guns big time(brother had just joined the forces and hewas just at that age) i can remember a parent basically saying he would turn into a hunningford(sp) ,no she wasnt joking.
The funny bit was she said she didnt allow her child guns, anything violent etc but out of my sons year he was extremely violent to other children, constantly bullied/punched other children,had been the same at his previous school, of course she thought he was an angel and always said he was provoked.... strange how people think of others. You have to really wonder where he was seeing this behaviour:)

As for all this "bad parent" "chav" if you let your children play these games. What a load of twaddle, this is said by people who think by saying this it makes them better than someone else by putting them down

I am a very good parent, and let them play games. There are loads of parents i know who refuse them to play certain things and they have big problems, cos they listen to everyone/everything and try and be so politically(is that the right word im looking for ) correct, to the detriment of their child.

If everything else is right in a childs life , these games would have no effect, its when there is massive problems that the tie in can be done to games+crazy, but that is just bad parenting .

Op it is your child, you do what you feel is right for you and your children. We are all different and take different approaches to life,

hoogervaaner

I'll never forget the look on my Mum's face when I proudly came home and told her how cool a friend's Mum was because she let us watch The Terminator at a birthday party (I was 8). She was out of the door and up the road before I had time to blink. Kids may think total irresponsibility is cool but in hindsight it was a crazy thing to do. I have no doubt my Mother told this lady straight and was probably quite rude too! If the advisory age is 18 I think it's safe to assume that it is in no way suitable for a small child.

minerva_windsong

I don't have any children, but no way would I let them play this, for the same reason I wouldn't let them watch an 18 film. It's that way for a reason and 'all the other kids have it' isn't an excuse - the answer to that one is 'If all the other kids decided to jump off the school roof would you do that?'

So my tactic would be to tide him over with "See what Santa brings you" and then get him something more age-appropriate. In all the excitement of Christmas he probably won't care.

Heamol

While I agree that for some kids, playing violent 18-rated video games won't make them more aggressive or inclined towards violence, surely that's not the only criterea to be used?

Would you let young children watch any number of X-rated adult movies, just because they're too young to imitiate what they see on screen? No. If a game is gory, violent, full of swearing and (in the case of some games) sexual material, come on, is isn't suitable for an 8-year-old. It doesn't become safe and suitable just because the child isn't a bully. It's a bad game for them to play, regardless of whether they imitiate it or not after their session on the X-Box.

If young kids see the same graphic violence on TV as they see in games like COD...maybe they shouldn't be watching that kind of TV. If they see horrific violence on the news (though I doubt the kind of violence in COD would be shown on the news anyway) maybe they shouldn't be watching the news!

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I agree with the others who have posted to say that an 18 rating game is unsuitable for an 8 year old.

Do you know that if you are under 18 and work in a store you are not even allowed to sell on 18 game to someone? You have to be over 18 to buy and sell them.

The 18 is there for a reason. It shows that the item has ADULT content in it not something suitable for a child.