I second this.
I think that’s why they’re trying to find a game with shooting mechanics, which their daughter has shown interest in, that doesn’t involve killing in order to protect their daughter from being exposed to violence. Yet you suggest making her understand violence has consequences? What would that entail, last of us 2?? And then you equate shooting games to giving alcohol to a child??? They’re specifically trying to find games with shooting mechanics that don’t have adult content, for kids, which is a thing that exists, like splatoon. Kids even shoot rubber bands at each other in real life if you can believe that, does that tickle your karen sensors as well?
I know graphics and gameplay are different now, but I remember when the original GTA came out. I wanted it, but the media scare concerned parents that it was going to encourage crime. I remember telling my mum that I wasn't going to steal a limo because it's in the game. I was about 9, so a little bit older, but kids aren't as susceptible to corruption as this post makes them seem.
I understand your point and want you to understand that this is a conversation between two concerned parents.
PC preferrably, the most recent consoles I own are OG XBOX and XBOX 360.
I'll play the devil's advocate and say gta is "clown" violence which cannot be reproduced in real life, COD and the others military shooters on the other hand... Of course OP isn't in that situation, and his daughter like shooting for the mechanics of it so she would not be drawn by the "inflicting violence upon others" aspect.
It was a point made not knowing anything about the context, and your daughter's hobbies.
)irl and in vg !Have you been playing those violent videogames again ?
Now that I'm a parent, I find the arguments about such games both warranted but also completely ridiculous. See, I am totally in the "heck no, a 9 year old shouldn't play GTA" camp. But, it's not because I think that 9 year olds are going to start robbing cars and stealing and such. Nor do I think it will make them do these things down the line. It's much simpler than that. GTA is just not appropriate for that age. I don't want my kid, when they're 9, to spend their free time playing pretend in a world where they can shoot cops and drive over pedestrians. Whether or not that leads to real world violence is a stupid argument and I'm shocked that people make it. No, see, the thing is that a 9 year old doing that for fun is pretty messed up. There are better role-models and better activities to be had elsewhere that could help my kid be better prepared (or at least, more appropriately entertained) at a young age.
