ds was watching someone play grand theft auto at friends house AIBU to be shocked

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DS (age 6) was at his friends house today his friend has a brother who is 11. They seem to have spent some time watching this brother playing grand theft auto on xbox. Ds described how "he pulled a man out of the car and shot him in the face".

I am really shocked tbh and a little upset. Ds is a baby really I mean hes 6!. I know he wasnt technically playing it but it was on in the room they were in.

AIBU to be upset at this. I have no intention of making a fuss now the moment has gone but I am flitting between thinking perhaps its part of having older children (my oldest is still only 8) and thinking that they older boy shouldn't have been playing with younger children around.

shouldn't be playing at all at 11. I hate it when people ignore the age recommendations, they are there for a reason and I feel strongly that this is why so many youngsters are desensitised to violence these days.

YANBU :(

The 11 year old shouldn't have been playing it anyway. It's an 18

I would say something or not let DS round there again

I hate all those kind of things & thankfully my two girls weren't into this sort of stuff.

YANBU but yes I guess if there are older friends then it might be inevitable but the parents should be monitoring it so only the older ones are on it.

TBH even 11 seems young for that level of violence to me. I know they are all into it but its one of my pet hates that games like this just normalise violence, by saying "oh its only a game"

Is this a good friend or one you can have round to yours more than the other way round?

Sorry x-posted- glad its not just me!

YANBU, it very mature subject matter and an incredible amount of violence.

No. You're not unreasonable to be shocked at the 11 year old playing it, either. Totally vile

I've played them all and you are so NBU! It's a very violent game full of adult content (Scarface and the Godfather are probably the closest non-game comparisions I can draw) and I'm shocked at an 11 year old playing it tbh.

Great games, but 11 is way way too young to play and 6 way too young to watch.

YANBU. No child of the ages you stated should be watching or playing that game. It's so full on.

That game is rated 18 for a reason. If you look at some of the other stuff you can do on that game I'd be grateful that was all your DS saw!!!

YANBU at all... I'd talk to the parents perhaps and ask that they talk to their 11 YO (who shouldn't be playing it either!!) to day he shouldn't play it when there are younger children around.

There is a lot worse goes on in it than that.

In the one I saw you had sex with a prostitue for energy and then had the choice to pay or shoot her.

I'm in my thirties and I was shocked. I'm my day it was mario jumping on a mushroom.

find new friends, those parents do not take proper responsibility for protection of children in their care.