to stop my 10 year old from playing Call of Duty?

[2kidsandcats]

The game is 15 rating. My husband let him play it once, and I felt very uncomfortable about it.It is 'just' shooting, and my dh argues it's 'just like cowboys and indians', or pretend gun games that boys play. We've 'compromised' and let him play a 12 game that uses guns. When my ds is on x-box you can see what games his friends are playing remotely - and I'm pretty shocked that many of them are playing Call of Duty - and worse, and some of these kids are from the kind of families you wouldn't expect to be so lax.

So am I being unreasonable?

[WilsonFrickett]

Of course YANBU. I think the only possible grey area on this is when you have a 17/18 year old in the house plus a younger one. I could understand that may be difficult to police. But apart from that, no excuses.

[maypole1]

mydeathspace.com/vb/showthread.php?24122-8-year-old-Lewis-McGlynn-hanged-himself-after-watching-The-Last-Samurai



I can't believe the question has to be asked the answer is no.

Your oh needs to go on a parenting course

[maypole1]

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2024647/Lewis-McGlynn-8-hanged-saw-The-Last-Samurai-film.html

[robotlollypopman]

It's the Daily Mail....... Plus bad parenting.

[Chocobo]

Eh? That Daily Mail article, although tragic, does not make much sense. The little boy liked to act out scenes he had seen in films so, after watching a ritual samurai suicide he hung himself?? Sounds more like he was mucking about, maybe copying Indiana Jones, and was a tragic accident rather than intentional suicide - poor little boy :(

[diabolo]

There are several different Call of Duty games, (Call of Duty: Black Ops is an 18 and is AWFUL, some of the others are 16 and some are rated 15, with much less violence and swearing).

My DS (12) plays the 15 version (World at War about WW2) and it is perfectly OK - like watching Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade or similar.

[elastamum]

Actuually that is a good point diabolo.

The boys are all playing an earlier 15 version, not black OPs.

[BeyondTheLimitsOfAcceptability]

I'm with Chocobo (FF fan!! ) Did he miss the bit as to how a Samurai kills himself?

[CurrySpice]

I realise that elastamum thanks

My point was, there must be a reason for that. There must be a reason why it's rated 18 and therefore not in the slightest suitable for a 10yo

Would you let a 10yo watch and 18 fim, like Saw?

[elastamum]

Nope, but we all watched shaun of the dead and all the other simon Peg movies together.

Both boys also read adult novels as they have already pretty much worked their way through all the teen books. They spend far more time reading than they do playing on line. I do suggest series to read and have steered them away from stuff such as stig Larson as even I think the violent sex not suitable for a 12 yr old (despite it being a bloody good book), but I have shelves and shelves of books so they are always digging around for new stuff. I always read what my dad was reading from about 10 yrs old and it doesnt seem to have done me any harm.

[TalkinPeace2]

elastamum
what did yours make of Hot Fuzz?
Mine (10 and 13) now regularly say "yarp" and collapse in giggles when they see a model village....

I think part of it is to be very very aware of what you are letting your children watch
we have no TVs in bedrooms, laptops only in bedrooms on condition I can check the history (not that I tend to bother), and the wii is in the family room. No other consoles.

[CurrySpice]

Elastamum...really?! Your kids have read every single book ever written for teens?!

Oh well, mine have watched all the Barbie movies, think I'll move them onto the Exorcist!!

[serin]

Never in million years would we let our DC's "play" this, but we know lots of teacher and health colleagues who are quite happy to let their kids use CoD all evening.

YANBU.

[superjobee]

DD was playing nazi zombies at 3 and hitman at 4 but thats not her games thats just her dad and her uncles giving her a 'shot' her fave games are ben 10 and some my little pony thing