6 year old boy left to play Grand Theft Auto

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My father in law has remarried and his new wife has a 6 year old grand son. Apparantly his Mum leaves him alone playing Grand Theft Auto on his X box. I have been doing a bit of research on google etc and there are sex and rape and prostitution scenes on this "game"

This little boy plays with my 3 and 1 year old. I can see it all going wrong. I did notice he was playing "cops" and kept pretending to handcuff my daughter. I don't like it. I dont want that shit in their lives. How do I deal with this?

i don't know how you deal with it, but it makes me so angry.
GTA is, as you've found out, incredibly graphic and violent in a very adult way! i am disgusted that anyone thinks it's appropriate to lket a 6 yr old play it

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he gets up at 6.30, and she stays in bed, he goes downstairs and plays on this, and gets his own breakfast - crisps. She gets up at 8.30. And she is on facebook a lot, so to keep him quiet, she lets him play GTA. I dont want my kids mixing with him. He is a really active hyper boy who I think needs fresh air and excercise, but he is n the house all day on this x box.

He asked my daughter to sit on him, so she sat on his ankle, he said NOO, sit on me here and asked her to sit astride his middle while he was on his back. I just didn't like it. Luckily she said no and ran off. I wonder if it this game's influence or if it was just an innocent game. But I don't think pretending to handcuff each other is nice. I am never going to let them play together without my supervision now. It is going to get worse as he gets older.

it's a shame isn't it? can FIL's new wife not say anything to her?

Poor little boy. My DS is also 6 and given half a chance would play on the Wii all day.

The games he plays do hyped him up.

No advice though.

I asked if FIL could say anything and he said NO she wont listen. He is a nice boy too. She doesnt deserve him. Doesnt care apparantly. Meets men off facebook and brings them home for the weekend and the boy meets them. I think that is a shame too.

I think your FIL is copping out and shirking his responsibilities. This child is his step grandchild. He and his wife could be tackling this really - as a relative 'stranger' there's not alot you personally can do - but from your point of view, I would not cut this poor little 6 yr old out - I would just do as you've said and supervise all play; but do still give him the chance of coming to a home where there is proper love and attention given and where he can play appropriately to his age.

agree with Sleeping.

I think FIL is trying his best. He takes him to football club once a week, and they look after him every morning before school, and pick him up after school until his mum comes home from work. They also have him every day of the school holidays because him mum works. They are both 66 so it is a lot to take on.

I want to help the little boy, we live in the country and have a huge garden with trampoline and a play house and he runs and runs here. But being a selfish cow, I don't want the trouble. FIL and husband are estranged, which is awkward at times. i got in touch because I wanted my children to know their grandad. now wish I hadn`t. My daughter has suddenley decided that she doesn't like him or the boy and refuses to go out with them. She had been going out for the afternoon with them every week but suddenley has refused. This is good in a way because they come here now, I can watch them but I wish i hadn't bothered now. It is all becoming too complicated.

I am a little suspicious as to why my daughter has suddenley decided she doesnt like them after 18 months of happily spending time with them.