Do you think it is appropriate to play violent video games in front of young children?

[Anonymous]

What is 'very violent'? Call of Duty or Silent Hill, pass; but I was playing Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter at that age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is 'very violent'? Call of Duty or Silent Hill, pass; but I was playing Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter at that age.

At age 5?

I'm very impressed with your skill. I was doing duck hunt.

[Anonymous]

Well, it is absolutely on trend. We are raising mass shooters and emotionally and mentally disturbed individuals. What do you expect your teach your DH to do in front of your kids if not play violent video games? You expect your DH to teach Maths to your kids? Have you heard of achievement gap?

[Anonymous]

No way. Absolute no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is 'very violent'? Call of Duty or Silent Hill, pass; but I was playing Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter at that age.

He'll yeah! I played Mortal kombat as a kid, I love Noob Saibot. I knew games are fake, im not stupid.

Is fun and fantasy. I rather played games than doing drugs like others. I was a good kid, never went to nightclubs to have random sex or get drunk. Just normal, go to school, play videogames, have fun with family and friends. I was semi poor. And now I have a great job abd I can enjoy it buying all the stuff, action toys I want, games.
Capitalism

What does it say about you that you define FUN and FANTASY as killing people?

[Anonymous]

Fellow parent of a 5yo. No, I don't think it's appropriate for that level of violence to be shown to a 5yo. That needs to be done while the kids are asleep (like my DH does) or in a different room if they're awake. To let a kid watch a violent video game invites all sorts of questions that your kid will have in his/her head but likely won't even ask: what is death? What is a gun? Will someone shoot me? What if someone shoots mom? Just extreme bad-dream fuel if you ask me.

There are lots of super unhelpful replies here (seems like a gamer crowd caught wind of this maybe?). Probably none of them parents of 5yos or if they are, they seem like bad ones. Maybe they also think it's ok to inflict actual violence on their kids--who knows. Trust your instincts about protecting your kid from the harsh reality of life until he/she is older and can process it better.

Sorry that won't help you with the husband issue. He's got to agree or you have to start taking the kid out of the room when it happens. That's not a great bargain for you, but I bet this isn't the only issue where he isn't great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fellow parent of a 5yo. No, I don't think it's appropriate for that level of violence to be shown to a 5yo. That needs to be done while the kids are asleep (like my DH does) or in a different room if they're awake. To let a kid watch a violent video game invites all sorts of questions that your kid will have in his/her head but likely won't even ask: what is death? What is a gun? Will someone shoot me? What if someone shoots mom? Just extreme bad-dream fuel if you ask me.

There are lots of super unhelpful replies here (seems like a gamer crowd caught wind of this maybe?). Probably none of them parents of 5yos or if they are, they seem like bad ones. Maybe they also think it's ok to inflict actual violence on their kids--who knows. Trust your instincts about protecting your kid from the harsh reality of life until he/she is older and can process it better.

Sorry that won't help you with the husband issue. He's got to agree or you have to start taking the kid out of the room when it happens. That's not a great bargain for you, but I bet this isn't the only issue where he isn't great.

I’m not sure what kind of 5-year-old you have, but even my speech-delayed child with ASD asks about everything, provided he's interested.

Though, I think you’re also overestimating how much they’d think about what’s going on in a video game unless they’re actually interested in it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fellow parent of a 5yo. No, I don't think it's appropriate for that level of violence to be shown to a 5yo. That needs to be done while the kids are asleep (like my DH does) or in a different room if they're awake. To let a kid watch a violent video game invites all sorts of questions that your kid will have in his/her head but likely won't even ask: what is death? What is a gun? Will someone shoot me? What if someone shoots mom? Just extreme bad-dream fuel if you ask me.

There are lots of super unhelpful replies here (seems like a gamer crowd caught wind of this maybe?). Probably none of them parents of 5yos or if they are, they seem like bad ones. Maybe they also think it's ok to inflict actual violence on their kids--who knows. Trust your instincts about protecting your kid from the harsh reality of life until he/she is older and can process it better.

Sorry that won't help you with the husband issue. He's got to agree or you have to start taking the kid out of the room when it happens. That's not a great bargain for you, but I bet this isn't the only issue where he isn't great.

I’m not sure what kind of 5-year-old you have, but even my speech-delayed child with ASD asks about everything, provided he's interested.

Though, I think you’re also overestimating how much they’d think about what’s going on in a video game unless they’re actually interested in it.

A normal one who asks some questions and likely thinks many more in his head. My 5yo asks so many questions that constantly remind me how much little kids need to be taught, such as the questions I posted above. He's asked questions about whether dinosaurs are real. And whether there are any in our city. And whether there are monsters. And whether giants are real. And whether bears would eat him. All of this come from his consuming normal books/stories/movies intended for children his age that I can only imagine what would be going on inside his head if he saw things that were very much age inappropriate. Do I think he asks me about all his fears? No, I'd never be that naïve. I remember being afraid of things as a child and not telling my parents. (And please, before you jump to any strange conclusions based on that, I had a perfectly normal childhood.)

[Anonymous]

This is why you don’t marry grown men that play video games. Young kids shouldn’t be around video games at all though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why you don’t marry grown men that play video games. Young kids shouldn’t be around video games at all though.

Do you just make this up? It’s like the jocks of the 80’s grew up and still act like it’s high school and nerds are lame.

[Anonymous]

Why is he playing a video game instead of interacting with his child? So cringe. Really, OP. I would ask him not to play when the kid is around. Like, at all!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is he playing a video game instead of interacting with his child? So cringe. Really, OP. I would ask him not to play when the kid is around. Like, at all!

Your kids never play with their toys by themselves? Or books? It must be exhausting to have to constantly entertain them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why you don’t marry grown men that play video games. Young kids shouldn’t be around video games at all though.

Do you just make this up? It’s like the jocks of the 80’s grew up and still act like it’s high school and nerds are lame.

It must be fun for you to monitor this thread so you can jump on anyone who has a different view on this parenting issue (one that is more widely accepted by anyone who has anything to do with child development) just so you can justify your parenting choices to yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is 'very violent'? Call of Duty or Silent Hill, pass; but I was playing Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter at that age.

He'll yeah! I played Mortal kombat as a kid, I love Noob Saibot. I knew games are fake, im not stupid.

Is fun and fantasy. I rather played games than doing drugs like others. I was a good kid, never went to nightclubs to have random sex or get drunk. Just normal, go to school, play videogames, have fun with family and friends. I was semi poor. And now I have a great job abd I can enjoy it buying all the stuff, action toys I want, games.
Capitalism

We kill cows to eat. That's real. We go to war or make wars for MONEY
What does it say about you that you define FUN and FANTASY as killing people?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is 'very violent'? Call of Duty or Silent Hill, pass; but I was playing Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter at that age.

He'll yeah! I played Mortal kombat as a kid, I love Noob Saibot. I knew games are fake, im not stupid.

Is fun and fantasy. I rather played games than doing drugs like others. I was a good kid, never went to nightclubs to have random sex or get drunk. Just normal, go to school, play videogames, have fun with family and friends. I was semi poor. And now I have a great job abd I can enjoy it buying all the stuff, action toys I want, games.
Capitalism

What does it say about you that you define FUN and FANTASY as killing people?

We kill cows, chickens. Do you care how they suffer? Is disgusting just like your hypocrisy. What happens at the farms is REAL. We go to war for MONEY. The Qatar for the fifa world cup is made by SLAVE LABOR AND THATS REAL. We live in a world full of hypocrites like you.