Hey Reddit, I’m looking for y’alls diverse thoughts and opinions on 1. Parenting 2. The video game industry 3. What effect games have on kids. Now I grew up as a gamer, games were my escape, my coping mechanism which I’m sure is true for other people too. My question for y’all is how did you grow up with your games;- and in the age of me too, did some games you played as a kid age terribly? What do you hope to see from more games going into the future? Please feel free to answer any of these or lurk;- thanks for reading my post :)
you should probably wait til your kid is at least 16 before buying them a GTA game, not because of the violence, but because of the offensive humor and the online interactions. like, my sister and i were very rude kids growing up and we played lots of GTA which i dont think helped.
you should also not let them speak online on their headset until they reach their late teens. it will take all of their time and they’ll never listen to you again.
roblox is a funny one because i played that at the age of 14 and i already thought i was too old for it but honestly it’s not a safe game for anyone younger than that.