Kids these days

[zappian]

So my neighbour has a nephew that is utterly addicted to gta V .

 

He is like what 7 years old and he plays mafia II , GTA V and all the violent games.

 

So his grandmother went to the bar and left the kid here for a while , he kept buggering me to let him play GTA V and I explained him I didnt even had it on my HDD and I was busy.

So he keeps asking what games I can let him play and I keep telling him the games I have are no fun for him ( mostly old games like deus Ex I have installed ).

 

So his grandmother comes back from the bar and he throws a temper trantum because he didnt get to play any games and hides on the stairs and no one knew where the kid was .

 

Even when his parents let him play he throws temper tantrums whenever they tell him its time to get off the console.

 

He is competently addicted to video games at such a young age lol . Its pretty sad.

[Fassive]

im lucky i got raised in the time were thing were growing faster than me im 16 and lucky to not be born now imo.

[ShadowCaptain]

SNIP

 

Correction - PARENTS THESE DAYS

[Guest]

Oh this issue.... I've said it before and I'll say it again: I've said it before

[Toddwjp]

it weird when your games collection is less violent and more kid friendly then your 13 year old cousins collection.

[ImBleu]

Luckily I was born early enough not to be one of these kids. And if I ever have a kid, they sure as fuck won't get away with crap like this.

[Real_PhillBert]

Correction - PARENTS THESE DAYS

 

^^^^ Correct.

[ShadowCaptain]

^^^^ Correct.

 

IKR

 

Parents who are too stupid, too ignornant and arrogant to actually take time and care to LOOK AFTER THEIR KIDS

 

- they cant be arsed cooking so feed them junk food

- cant be arsed keeping them entertained so buy them video games they shouldnt be playing

- etc

- etc

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Spare the rod, spoil the child  :unsure:

[flibberdipper]

Wow. I thought I was bad. I just get bored as fuck without my phone or computer. I don't get pissy though.

[Real_PhillBert]

IKR

 

Parents who are too stupid, too ignornant and arrogant to actually take time and care to LOOK AFTER THEIR KIDS

 

- they cant be arsed cooking so feed them junk food

- cant be arsed keeping them entertained so buy them video games they shouldnt be playing

- etc

- etc

 

Your preaching to the choir brother. 

 

Somehow much of society has decided that everyone needs to be coddled and babied for their whole lives, and it has somehow become acceptable for parents to simply plop their children in front of the TV while they go out to the bar.

 

This is not a problem with the children. This is a problem with adults acting like children. 

[Unhelpful]

 

Yeah... I was a spoiled brat at that age as well. I got better. I hope he does.

 

I don't think I was as bad as he is though.

[Timopomer]

i was gaming since i was 7,but i think the reason i didnt get utterly addicted to it is that i didnt play online with other people and the fact that i didnt have many games.

 

i have 600+ hours in harvest moon DS all pokemon games from emerald - black AnimalcrossingDS and most of the mario games.

 

also maplestory,but i wasnt very good so i didnt play much

[givingtnt]

So my neighbour has a nephew that is utterly addicted to gta V .

 

He is like what 7 years old and he plays mafia II , GTA V and all the violent games.

 

So his grandmother went to the bar and left the kid here for a while , he kept buggering me to let him play GTA V and I explained him I didnt even had it on my HDD and I was busy.

So he keeps asking what games I can let him play and I keep telling him the games I have are no fun for him ( mostly old games like deus Ex I have installed ).

 

So his grandmother comes back from the bar and he throws a temper trantum because he didnt get to play any games and hides on the stairs and no one knew where the kid was .

 

Even when his parents let him play he throws temper tantrums whenever they tell him its time to get off the console.

 

He is competently addicted to video games at such a young age lol . Its pretty sad.

of course, if his parents continue to let him play whenever he wants to and they keep loosing controle. its never going to be fixed.

simple solution : remove the power cable ands say you don't know where it is.

[Payupsir]

Parents don't know how to fucking raise their children. Why am I not suprised?

[LegacyStijncat]

As soon as your teen (13/14+), than M rated games are discussable for you. NOT WHEN YOUR NOT EVEN OVER E 10+

[Wauthar]

When I was little, I was BANNED from playing games that were rated at an age above mine by my parents. I remember that there was a game which I saw a friend playing and I really wanted to do too, but it was rated PEGI 12. So, I did what everyone would do (or would they): I waited for nearly 2 years before being allowed to play it

Parents forgot about it, but I didn't.

[Bouzoo]

I've encountered this more than once.

I'm so gonna buy this

[Oshino Shinobu]

IKR

 

Parents who are too stupid, too ignornant and arrogant to actually take time and care to LOOK AFTER THEIR KIDS

 

- they cant be arsed cooking so feed them junk food

- cant be arsed keeping them entertained so buy them video games they shouldnt be playing

- etc

- etc

That's why our government is trying to "protect the children" for the parents now. Or at least using it as an excuse. 

[Trik'Stari]

Sounds like someone needs a dose of hand on ass.

[Picklenuttz]

Back in my day, getting grounded meant you couldn't go play outside. Fast forward to 2015, grounding means you have to go outside.... fucking sad.

[NumLock21]

Some parent these days want to be their child's friend instead of being a actual parent.

[SeriouslyMikey]

I've encountered this more than once.

I'm so gonna buy this

 

Or just teach your kids not to be spoiled brats when it comes to technology and actually have some parenting skills. I don't see why a parent needs to turn off electrical devices just to get the family together unless they've got poor parenting skills. 

[Me1z]

I didn't have video games as a kid, I had blocks. Wooden blocks and some lego. My first "console" was a GameBoy advance SP I got when I was 12, and even then all I played was Pokemon Red. I had a delayed start and had to slowly work my way up in the gaming world. Unless things change dramatically in the next decade, hopefully I'll be able to raise my own kids the same way. They can use their imaginations and share the family computer until they turn 10, then I'll get them their own computers and smartphones.

[Bouzoo]

Or just teach your kids not to be spoiled brats when it comes to technology and actually have some parenting skills. I don't see why a parent needs to turn off electrical devices just to get the family together unless they've got poor parenting skills. 

Oh no, not for my kids one day. I'm gonna use it whenever I see some spoiled kids. Gonna move the electrical components to some smaller "case" and gonna carry it with me.