whats wrong with parents these days?
why don’t these parents ever supervised their kids when their playing violent video games? I mean when ever I play over xboxlive I’m always hearing 12 year olds cursing. I’m 15 and I do play violent video games but at least my parents supervise me! and why are they always trying to get violent video games banned when they could just say “no you can’t play violent video games”? I mean I have a friend that can’t play violent video games (only if their too violent like gears of war or F.E.A.R) because his parents said “no you can’t play violent video games” and how come when ever a parent takes their kids to a game store to buy their kids a violent video game (only because their kids wouldn’t shut up about it) despite all of the cashiers’s warings so they end up buy it but the next day they start blaming the games stores. and one last thing why don’t these parents just check the rating systems?
sorry if I offened you sexyarmy. but anyway you just reminded me of a 5 year old I met on gears of war and his parents turned on the family settings. my parents don’t turn on the family setting cause they now that it would make be go out crazy. besides I’ve been playing violent video games since I was 7 and even back then they didn’t turn them on but at least they supervised me.
spelling error: cause they now that it would make me go crazy.
correction: cause they don’t think that it would make me go crazy.
tell me leslie q are you saying that these kids are being supervised its just that their parents let them curse? wow that’s cut to be the stupidest thing I have ever heard. I’m pretty sure if they were being supervised they wouldn’t curse cause their parents are watching over them. and I know that I’m 2 years behind but isn’t obvious that I got these games cause I was with my parents and they let me buy them? I mean isn’t there a rule where kids under the age of 17 can’t buy violent video games unless they are accompanied by thier parents.
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relax guy.
3 words- Lazy, selfish, irresponsible.
Some parents don’t want the responsibility, plus a lot of parents these days want to be the “cool” parents. Kind of pathetic.
your parents supervise you well your playing GAMES what could happen to you when your playing a game in your own home. i mean come on you should be asking about your parents
not to mention taking like, eight year old girls into mosh pits. parents can be such idiots. i get so pissed when i see children in mosh pits. i mean seriously can’t they hire a freaking babysitter? parents are getting lazy.
You arent a parent and therefore don’t know exactly whats up with those parents, but dealing with nagging kids can get extremely tiring. Thumbs up to teachers!
It boils down to the laziness of parents.
It’s much easier to give in than to argue with your child. So, that’s what they do.
Then, when some issue arises, they need to blame somebody right? And it certainly couldn’t be that they did anything wrong as parents. So, let’s blame the video game or the store that sells them. Never mind that the parent is the one who approved the purchase!
**Thank you Ron D. You summed it up perfectly!
ok, the parents have different views. I have a 5yr old. and I let him play halo 3. I supervise him consistently and also, you can change the settings on the games. I don’t blame the store if my kid says cuse words, i blame myself. so please don’t generalize all parents
Because parents will do whatever they have to to make their children happy and/or shut them up? I think that in 99% of the cases, these violent games aren’t harmful. But I think in 50% of the cases, the parents are lazy and have given up.
parents find it more convenient to cover up the truth of the world from their children than to explain it to them. then by the time they’re 18 and about to get kicked out, they’re emotionally more like a 12 year old…and the parents are expecting them to be a 25 year old.
In my opinion, and this is just MY opinion, if a parent is allowing their children to play those games at all then theres a huge lack of concern. It doesn’t take long for that stuff to consume you.
the thing that is wrong with parents is that they were stripped of their childhood because they themselves had children while they themselves were still children. There is a sea of “parents” out there today who are suffering from post-traumatic-stress-disorder and post-partum depression which is undiagnosed in millions. many are trying to relive their teen years which they missed out on because they had children while they were children. America needs to do like China and enforce a 1 baby limit per household.
Very good question with no easy answer, as a parent I often marvel at this as well. I also have trouble understanding why are the parents run by their children? it really is suppose to be the other way, sad but reality today.
I agree with you.
My son had xbox live (he is in his early 20’s) and he would go live to play with a buddy of his that was several states away. There were other players–that my son and his friend did not know and some of the talk was unbelievable. I could tell from the voices these kids were probably not even in their teens yet (a few even admitted as much).
Where are their parents?
it is easyer to blam someone else. Instead of it being there responsiblilty it is the stores or the creaters. My brother is 15 and when he was playing xbox live one time i was there and there was some pretty bad language. My question is, why don’t kids play outside anymore??!
i agree. i love online play but it really sux to hear those kid cursing. i usually tell them not to, and they are cool about it half the time, prolly cuz i’m a chic, but otherwise i just shut em off.
i HATE when they accuse video games for peoples violent reactions, when we all know its the parents that aren’t paying attention.
there are sooo many issues that parents have to worry about these days. sometimes it seems like they get tired of explaining whats right and whats wrong. It sounds to me like your parents have taught you well enough that you understand the concept. hopefully you carry that with you through out your life!
i get those games for myself but my little brother always ends up playing them. i can’t keep them locked away like a gun… kids are sly these days, they even get to their parent’s guns…. unfortunatley sometimes they blow out their brains. i believe you’re being a little improvident, how do you know these kids aren’t being supervised? plus, you’re 15. vioilent games are rated mature… meaning for SEVENTEEN year olds. 15…17….15….17. you’re two years behind little man. talk about being hypocritical much.
Because parents these days are lazy and would rather be liked by their children than being an actual parent. Plain and simple.
it’s a sad state of the parents today. Not watching, not caring, just into spending money and keeping up with the Joneses.
My husband complains about this constantly! It really bothers him to hear little kids playing Call of Duty or Halo. He’s an avid gamer and loves the “shoot ‘em ups” but he’s also an adult and realizes that it’s inappropriate for young children to be playing certain games.
I think the biggest problem is that a lot of parents just don’t understand what these games are… they assume any video game is automatically made for kids. I have a 15 year old brother and either my mother or my father calls my hubby before they buy him games to ask if the game is appropriate.
And to the woman letting her 5 year old play Halo 3… WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
I mean sure, it’s not quite as bad as Gears of War but it’s still way too violent for a 5 year old. Invest in Beautiful Katamari or Animal Crossing… those are games a child that age should be playing… Really though a 5 year old doesn’t need an Xbox.