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[JesseLee202]

6................ years....... old........ ಠ_ಠ

[Hisilome]

Erh, no offense, but you don't let a 6-year-old play a game like ME; ratings are there for a reason!:/

[TheSixthghoul]

Just let him finish the game, I sure he'll have harder questions about the end.

[Arppis]

MACharlie1 wrote...

Troll harder.

harder...HARDER!

Aaaalmost there.

[sOUZUKEN]

And now we know why it's "Rated M for Mature"

[kevchy]

I knew this thread would be full of lulz. Glad to see I'm not dissapointed.

[MartialArtsMaster]

In answer to the original post, here is my suggestion on what to tell your child:

"Love means you feel close to someone and care deeply about their welfare, mixed with the desire to marry and/or have sex with them. Usually, men and women are this for each other, but on rare occasions, this can happen between two men and/or two women. For reasons of tradition, in some social circles love between two men or two women is seen as a violation of the rules; therefore, it is usually best to avoid discussing the topic if you are among people who are highly traditional."

[Sbri]

There are ways to let your kids (mine's 6 too) enjoy the universe with out subjecting them to the violence/sex.  It's called YouTube.  You can choose only the clips you feel appropriate, and they get the story.  What my child's seen is the Intro to ME1, Specter Induction, a few squad mate conversations, Mrdin singing and Joker and EDI playing jokes on each other.  She's seen no violence and no sex. I've also just verbally told her the story.  It actually makes for a gripping way to pass time during a car ride.  And again, I get to edit the story to what I, as a parent, see as appropriate. She loves pretending to be Commander Shepard saving the galaxy from the "bad guys". And, WEIRDLY ENOUGH, I haven't had to worry about her being exposed to anything I find objectionable, which for me would be the violence and language.
So I would say that if you know that a game has content you will find objectionable, (and it is your job and DUTY as a parent to explore this before hand, it's right there on the label and has been discussed here on the forums for months), YOU need to find a way to ensure your child doesn't see it.  Sit with him while he games and help guide him so that he won't see it. He will get time with his parent, which will mean the world to him, and give you peace of mind.

Modifié par Sbri, 15 mars 2012 - 05:35 .

[Sbri]

MartialArtsMaster wrote...

In answer to the original post, here is my suggestion on what to tell your child:

"Love means you feel close to someone and care deeply about their welfare, mixed with the desire to marry and/or have sex with them. Usually, men and women are this for each other, but on rare occasions, this can happen between two men and/or two women. For reasons of tradition, in some social circles love between two men or two women is seen as a violation of the rules; therefore, it is usually best to avoid discussing the topic if you are among people who are highly traditional."

And I second this post as a very reasonable answer to his questions.  Remember he's not looking for birds and bees, he just wants a context in which to understand what's happened.  This is likely an entirely new idea for him.  I think this gives him a way to fit it into what he likely already understands without being either evasive or condesending.

[Sundance31us]

I questioned the wisdom of letting a 10 year old play the game on another thread and got chided for armchair parenting.

[mauro2222]

Manny_619 wrote...

EternalAmbiguity wrote...

lol, yep, trolling.

Pretty funny one though.

I resent this accusation. My son is traumatize as it is without these baseless accusation being flung around. 

Kids are traumatized if their parents want. They see everything as equal and without prejudice.

Goddamn trolls.

[Sbri]

Sundance31us wrote...

I questioned the wisdom of letting a 10 year old play the game on another thread and got chided for armchair parenting.

Yeah, not much you can do about that.  But if that's your opinion, stick to it.  "Armchair parenting " seems to have been used as a way to be dismissive of your opinion, rather then as a statement that you were telling them what to do.  If anything, that's what I was guilty of here.

[Maria Caliban]

outmane wrote...

Grimez7 wrote...

you let your 6 year old son play mass effect 3? are you serious?

We all know 6 year olds need to see blood and gore. And have their avatar die. It creates character...


Oh wait, you were talking about the homosexuality? <_<

After my son finished investigating the lab where Cerberus was experimenting on people, Kaiden kissed his PC, and I was like 'oh noes! this is not appropriate for a child to see!'

Bank92 wrote...

Explaining homosexuality might be harder than where does babies come from.

"Sometimes men fall in love with one another" seems easier than "Sometimes men stick their penis into a woman's vagina, ejaculate sperm, some of which swims into her body and meets with an egg she releases every 28 days. One sperm penetrates the egg and initiates rapid cell growth that over the course of nine months becomes a baby."

But that might just be me.

Modifié par Maria Caliban, 15 mars 2012 - 06:30 .

[mauro2222]

Maria Caliban wrote...

outmane wrote...

Grimez7 wrote...

you let your 6 year old son play mass effect 3? are you serious?

We all know 6 year olds need to see blood and gore. And have their avatar die. It creates character...


Oh wait, you were talking about the homosexuality? <_<

After my son finished investigating the lab where Cerberus was experimenting on people, Kaiden kissed his PC, and I was like 'oh noes! this is not appropriate for a child to see!'

Oh no! Sin, sin!!!

He killed 2000000 people, it doesn't matter, they kissed each other how unnatural!

[Agamo45]

It's simple, you tell your kid that there are some people in the world who are sexually confused. You tell him that Shep and Kaidan are not normal, normal people are like mom and dad.

[Marlamin]

Isn't allowing 6 year old to play an M rated game a crime?

[llllshadowllll]

Marlamin wrote...

Isn't allowing 6 year old to play an M rated game a crime?

[Maria Caliban]

llllshadowllll wrote...

Marlamin wrote...

Isn't allowing 6 year old to play an M rated game a crime?

No.

[sargon1986]

 Dude... this game is rated M for mature... Your own fault

BTW I believe in the indoctrination theory!

[mauro2222]

Maria Caliban wrote...

llllshadowllll wrote...

Marlamin wrote...

Isn't allowing 6 year old to play an M rated game a crime?

No.

Yes it is, the sexual content maybe, 11 years old is ok.

Killing and blowing heads for a 6 years old is a free pass for stupidity, bigotry and zero respect. They start to kill things with no reason, like my cousin. I asked him why did he shoot the woman in the face when she was only a innocent who got shot, answer "Because it's fun". And this is translated into real life, kids shouting they should kill them all, I support war, I'm going to enlist... that is sick and twisted.

[justin_sayne1]

Manny_619 wrote...

His shep and Kaiden kissed and romanced, I guess he picked the dialogue options to be nice to him and it led to a homosexual romance with kaiden, now he's asking me all these strange questions about 2 guys. 

Have read this several times, and can't figure out the disturbing part.

Or have you been indoctrinated to believe that romance between 2 humans is bad, and that Shepherd should have gone for the female Krogan?  Or one of the Vorcha?

Or maybe, just maybe, you shouldn't have let a 6yo play a game that is designed with adult content?

[Pinkflu]

Yesss another strike by the Gay AgendImeanuhh

[knightnblu]

Age ratings? We don't need no stinkin' age ratings.