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GTA V Proves a Lot of Parents Still Don't Know or Care About ESRB Ratings
Deathspawner writes "Grand Theft Auto V has shown itself to be potential GOTY material, and has even managed to break a sales record already. But aside from that, the game has also become one of the most adult-oriented games ever released, with torture, drug use and sex prevalent not long after beginning the game. You'd expect this gameplay to deter most parents from picking the game up for their young children — but not so. An anonymous editorial at Kotaku written by a video game store employee says that out of the ~1,000 copies sold in the first week, at least 10% of them went to parents accompanied by a child. Clearly, this could be interpreted as a problem. Techgage adds that this is one of the biggest problems facing gaming today. With one breath, many parents criticize video games for being so violent, and with the next, they're saying 'thanks' at the counter after picking up these very games for their kids. While ESRB ratings and other warnings about violent games for kids have good reason to exist, many parents still ignore them, aren't aware to them, or simply don't care about their warnings."
No mom, this isn't one of those bad videogames. Trust me.
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This type of irresponsible behaviour shouldn't be tolerated.
These so-called "parents" should have their parenting licenses revoked, and their children impounded and/or destroyed.
What we need is a law forcing parents to raise their kids the way I think they should be raised.
Logic and reasonable explanations have absolutely nothing to do with this knee jerk reactionary story. Please don't ever bring up these types of things again.
Well, obviously. Boobs and nipples especially are not intended for babies.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
And BOY do they get mad if they happen to see something like "High School of the Dead" or "Queen's Blade".
There is an argument to be made that at that age their brains are still developing and you don't want them developing the killing hookers areas. I think that's quite valid: you want your children to grow up to do good things, so you should be encouraging good things as early as possible.
Is 1563649 a prime number?
That is an odd phenomena you are experiencing. It is almost as if the more you detest something, the more attractive it becomes to your child. If only somebody else had experienced this.