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2 year old playing console games rated 18 is definitely not cute

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Notimefortossers · 14/12/2015 23:01

Ok, I know MN hates judgement and I do too . . . but really?

Fb friend has just posted a pic of her (D)P who last weekend was the world's biggest cunt and her 2 year old playing said game in a 'Awwww look at my boys, isn't this cute?' kind of fashion.

No love. No it's not cute. It's really bloody terrible actually

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BondJayneBond · 15/12/2015 07:48

I agree it's highly unlikely that a 2 year old would be capable of actually playing a console game.

But if a game's 18 rated, I wouldn't be comfortable with a 2 yr old being in the room while the game's played, because there's likely to be lots of stuff on screen (violence etc) that's too mature for them to see.

Although I suppose the 2 yr old could have just been brought in for a posed photo in a non-violent part of the game.

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Notimefortossers · 15/12/2015 09:56

The photo doesn't look posed. She took one from behind as though they didn't know it was being taken. Dad sat on the floor, toddler sat in little toddler armchair next to him, both with a controller in hand and staring at the screen. Then she got them to smile for one too. In her post she states that he is playing it, that he's loving it and that he know how to work the pad 'and everything'

I do hope she's not on MN . . . :o

In response to Paul, you can believe whatever you see fit, but this is a person I've known since she was born and I like her, she's a very sweet girl. I wasn't sitting waiting to pounce on her with judgement! Lol.

I did raise an eyebrow last week when she was scrawling her P's misgivings all over fb and calling him every name under the sun, then a couple of days later tagging him in posts and full of love you babe's like nothing ever happened

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Nataleejah · 15/12/2015 10:52

Probably parents think that 2yo is too little to understand and carry on their lives like they used before.

sashh · 15/12/2015 13:58

'When is it acceptable to hoist the judgey pants'

I think just before the clutching of pearls, or after parking on a parking thread.

ayria · 15/12/2015 15:59

"Although I suppose the 2 yr old could have just been brought in for a posed photo in a non-violent part of the game."

I doubt it, Bond who would bother with that?

Tbh the game shouldn't be on when a kid is awake during the day anyway. I don't think it really matters if the kid was actually playing it (probably fiddling with the controls trying to figure it out), it's that he's sitting there watching it either way.

Someone can be as sweet as ever but still have different opinions, and strangely some people don't mind if a kid is in the room. If they want to sit there and explain to a little kid that it's not real at 3am if they've had a nightmare then...

It also depends on the content of the game. My nephew got given an 18 rated game for Christmas once and when he played it, there were prostitutes in it that were hitting people with dildos or something! Although funny when she said, my sister had to take it back to his dad to return! Twat. They're 18 for a reason.

Helmetbymidnight · 15/12/2015 16:04

People are judgey of people who are judgey of 2 yr olds playing 18 + computer games.

That's mumsnet as fuck

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Notimefortossers · 15/12/2015 20:32

Lol @ Helmetbymidnight

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Ubik1 · 15/12/2015 20:34

I judge.

They need to get a fucking grip and be better parents.

Cnmorgan13 · 15/12/2015 21:40

I am an avid gamer and it really grinds my gears when parents buy games that are not appropriate for their kids. It's 18+ for a reason. And yet they are the first to blame 'violent' games/films for everything wrong with today's youth.

SweetTeaVodka · 16/12/2015 14:40

I'm a gamer and one of my hugest pet peeves is when parents give 18 rated games to kids (eg letting 8 year olds play Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto unsupervised as its "only a game").

However, I do play parts of some 18 rated games in front of my almost 3 year old. Not all 18 rated games are violence and sex constantly. As far as my DD is concerned, Fallout 4 is a settlement building simulator and armour/weapon crafting game. She doesn't see the combat boots as we don't do those quests in her presence. Similarly, when playing Dragon Age games I turn off the blood (in case of accidentally falling into combat) and walk/ride the horse around exploring, doing fetch quests and crafting and selling. She plays "knights and dragons" with her foam sword and has done since she ever saw me playing the game - thanks to kids tv.

Not knowing the game in question, I can't say whether that was the case for this family, of course. However, I think the parents claims that the child can operate the controller will be a little bit exaggerated. My DD can move forwards and backwards, dig and jump Minecraft, but that's all. She doesn't have big enough hands or the coordination for all the various buttons, triggers and bumpers and the combinations hey can be used in. She still thinks she is playing Minecraft, Lego games etc though. And yes, I have posted photos of her "playing" them on Facebook.

So basically, despite the splinters in my arse I'm saying it isn't automatically as bad as it sounds, hopefully the dad has the sense to just run around non-combat areas of the game/not initiate any sex scenes while his child is watching.

Cnmorgan13 · 16/12/2015 17:52

SweetTea
I love dragon age, bioware in general lol!

Senpai · 16/12/2015 19:45

We play fallout4 in front of DD, and we watch ER dramas. So she sees plenty of blood. If it bothered her or upset her we would change it. But as it is, it doesn't upset her or change her behavior. She happily plays with her toys while DH plays fallout4 and I read my kindle. It's just a chill way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

Flashbangandgone · 17/12/2015 00:23

The zombies on them Call of Duty games still scare my 6 year old nephew, so yes, it's ridiculous!

Still scares him at 6!?.... Of course it fucking scares him at 6. CoD is an 18 game ffs! I genuinely don't get your mentality.

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Notimefortossers · 17/12/2015 11:37

The game was Grand Theft Auto. I'm not a gamer so don't know how bad/not bad it is

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weeblueberry · 17/12/2015 11:42

Suppose it depends on the game/context etc.

Although Dragon Age Inquisition is a 'mature' game, I've let my daughter (2.8mo) run around the 'camp' area using the controller. There's nothing of the 'mature' restriction in that area and I'm well aware of this enough to allow her to think she's playing.

If they know the area the toddler is playing in has no violence or drugs or sex (I've not played GTA so don't know if such 'safe' areas in the game exist) then I don't see the issue.

Context is everything. If it were a photo of the wee one blasting peoples heads off then I see an issue obviously.

UmbongoUnchained · 17/12/2015 11:45

You can change the settings of GTA so you are literally just driving around. That's what my brother does with my DD.

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Notimefortossers · 17/12/2015 11:53

Hopefully thats what they did then

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ayria · 17/12/2015 14:42

"Still scares him at 6!?.... Of course it fucking scares him at 6. CoD is an 18 game ffs! I genuinely don't get your mentality."

Chill out. Sorry for phrasing the sentence wrong, Flash!
Just a little bit picky. You just kind of stated the obvious from what I already said. I meant it in a somewhat sarcastic way.
There's nothing wrong with my mentality, I wasn't saying there is anything wrong with it scaring him. It's because the OP said the kid mentioned is younger so made a point of a 6 year old being scared.

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