Are you a parent and do you follow rating advise?

[nevyn68]

So if you are a parent do you follow the rating on games and TV and Movies with your kids?
If you aren't a parent yet will you follow them when it comes time to?

A women is is one of our friends bought her son who is 11 the new Grand Theft Auto V game.
Which is rated R18 here in Aus.

There is no way that I will allow Mr13 to have that game here but I will put money on his mother letting him have it at her house.

So what is your opinion?

 

[bmark240]

As a parent I do adhere to some rules about what can be viewed.

I don't believe in censorship of any kind but letting a child own a copy of GTA V with the character called Trevor and what he does is not for the eyes and minds of innocent children.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RuNivXp1_w[/youtube]

 

[Katzenfreund]

Let alone kids, I wouldn't watch excessive violence and gruesome scenes myself. I don't mind sex scenes though, provided the girl is pretty, otherwise I can do without those too.

 

[xxnatedoggxx]

I played gta 3 when I was like 13 and I turned out fine

 

[swampy]

MY youngest is 23 so when he was young we didn't have the range of explicit / violent games and tv programmes that are available today,but had they been then yes we would have exercised some control

 

[krishna2k]

I not a parent yet but Yeah!

 

[bum4evr]

I think its pointless to try and keep our kids away from violence in movies and video games - even if we limit what they can watch/play in our house they will just get access at a friends house- especially around the age of 13/14 there comes a time when parents have to let go and allow kids some freedom to go and do what they want.

It also may depend on the kid. If my 13 year old boy was mentally stable with no violence issues or behavioral (wow I spelled that right on first try) problems, I might allow him to play GTA5 - but I might give him the speech about how its just a video game and is meant for entertainment only - and If I felt that he understands that you can't go around stealing cars and killing hookers and drive around with an UZI sticking out your window killing who you want and become a mafia kingpin in 16 hours with a mansion and millions of dollars.. then ya, I would probably let him play GTA5.

 

[EMS]

Oh come on...I watched the exorcist when I was a teenager....and I'm ok :headhurts: not only that but where is the line drawn? you've got Tom and Jerry - violent, the simpsons - hardly pc is it. some of the disney films, which are for children aren't exactly kosher...so where do the responsible parents/relatives draw the line. Do we close our eyes too and hope that some day they will realise how evil a lot of people are in real life and by then its too late for them because they've been wrapped up in cotton wool whilst they've lived under the parents roof orrrrrrrrrr do we make some allowances and allow them to break into the real world with less naivity or some ideology that everything is always smelling of roses? How do you protect a child that witnessed his mum get stabbed in the face with a kitchen knive...its a bit late by then isn't it. There is no way a child can be protected all the time from everything that we as parents/relatives decide what is morally right and wrong for them to be fed.

behavioral

You spelled it the american english way but we'll let you off lol

 

[nevyn68]

I am having the same problems with the Mrs, EMS.
Mr13 is ready to watch things that are what some people deem to be not for him but I think he is Ok with it.
But Miss 8 is another matter.
She can play Halo because there is not any real blood and guts flying around but I will not let her see things like GTA.
She is not ready.
Every kid needs to be taken at his or her own level.

The problem is the parents who don't know or even care to understand where their kids are at.

PS. I will not let Mr13 watch any sort of porn in this house.
With Miss 8 around there could be a serious problem with the Mrs going insane at me.
And that's not worth his pleasure.

 

[EMS]

Nev...I saw some porn when I was about that age at a mates house....I found animal farm disgusting, emmanuelle quite boring, the devil in miss jones was funny..it takes alsorts. I've never really been a porn watcher to be honest...I'd rather have the real thing.

With regard to Miss8....how much of the news does she see or hear on the radio about people being murdered etc...or swear words at school or going to the shops...they just be protected to a level that some of us would consider safe. At 8 yrs old I used go out on my push bike with mates without adults being present...most responsible parents wouldn't dream of letting their 8 yr olds do that now because of the increase in child abuse, kidnapping, child murder etc and yet it still happened way back when...the media have created some sort of paranoia because its in the press every single day and it causes panic amongst parents. Its a bit like everything has to be disinfected properly at home or they might catch something....thats always been the case though..hasn't it?

Some are breeding a new generation of "softies", is that fair on the children when they grow up and become adults? I'm not so sure, I know plenty of women that have no idea how to cook but at least during my relationships with them, they learnt something and now they can cook. The world is indeed a strange place to live, I guess that's why sometimes I withdraw from it. Things are very odd to the point of being bizarre. It was me that saw my mum get stabbed in the face by a bloke that threatened to kill the family if she didn't leave, when she had left and came to talk to my dad one day, he slapped her across the face not realising that I saw it...so all this and so much more was happening when I was a child and nothing has really changed.

 

[Film Boy]

I also think it depends on the child. When mine was little I didn't allow him to watch that kind of crap no matter what . I don't see why games need to be this graphic , it's all about making money. FB. PS I couldn't watch that clip, it's to much for me.

 

[nevyn68]

I know it's a small result given but it's good to see that more members are willing to take a slightly harder line when it comes to what their kids do.
It never hurt me and this current generation seems to not be able to understand when to stop.
ie. Violence is up. Binge drinking is up. Damage to property is up. Caring about others is indifferent.

I hope we have reached a peak and the current trend is going to reverse itself but I won't hold my breath.

 

[kirk1701®]

Any more, just about prime time TV is even rated R

Not a parent myself but think my kids would hate me with what I'd say they were allowed to watch

 

[chrasna]

I chose "I am a parent, and I don't," but not because I just think my kids should play anything they set their mitts on...

My Kids ages are: David 26, Xavier 15, Maria 13.

When they were younger, I allowed them to get a game that was teen or adult rated ONLY after I checked it out for WHY it was rated that way.
The kids and I are horror movie and action movie fans. So we've seen all the nonsense splatter stuff and laugh at it most of the time for the absurdities.
Strong sexual content on the other hand, that's something I avoid exposing them to. They'll acclimate to that in school on their own.

If the game is rated for violence or gore, that wasn't a problem for me because we've already established that after going to see Santa Claws, the kids aren't gonna run around the neighbourhood on December 24th murdering folks with a fireman's axe.
Now that they are older, it's still not a problem for me, because they are compassionate, caring people who still understand that the game is just a game, and has nothing to do with Real Life situations. Even The Sims gets a big laugh out of us, because in real life you don't just FORGET to eat and wake up a skeleton in bed.

Bottom line for me, the rating system isn't "you have to be this tall to ride this ride" for me, but it DOES help me decide if I have to youtube the gameplay before it ends up in the xbox library.

-Chris