Is this not the most ridiculous parenting ever???
 

Yesterday, my newphew came over who is just three years old...i hadn't seen him in about 8 months and he seemed like such a nice kid...however, his mother is absolute trailer trash...my brother, who knocked her up 3 years ago has had problems all throughout his life...never graduated from high school, alcoholic, drugs, etc....you get the picture...apparently, this "mother" who lives with her sister and boyfriend, let him play Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas...they turn it on over at our house b/c i have the game and the kid starts freaking out, swearing every other word, yelling...and i mean hardcore swearing like "i'm going to take this baseball bat and kill this f***ing cop"...this kid now percieves that as reality and is going to grow up thinking that this behavior is okay....i was stunned...there are fourteen year olds who shouldn't be playing that game, let alone three year olds....i have no idea what to do b/c honestly, the kid doesn't stand a chance in life in those surroundings....and if you think talking to this "mother" will help, it's no use...in fact, she just had another kid and she's "pretty sure she knows who the father is"...perhaps the most ridiculous and sad situation i've seen and it's going on in my own family...any advice is strongly appreciated..thanks
chilli

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the best you can do is say you don't want it being played at your house at this time, say you don't liek or don't appreciate it or something anymore.

Whatever you do, don;t parent someone else kid, biggest mistake you can make, sugest , but don't do.
Hard situation, if its your brother, can you have your mom or dad speak to him?
I get the feeling from the post hes not one to listen though.

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I hate to break it to you, but video games have absolutely nothing to do with the way a kid grows up.

its all in the parenting.

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my point is he can't parent, the best he can do is turn it off

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this kid now percieves that as reality and is going to grow up thinking that this behavior is okay...

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How do you know this?

Re: Is this not the most ridiculous parenting ever???
 

Um...aren't you a bit biased? Not that I disagree (completely, at least).

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I generally disagree with the idea that video games affect children's perception of reality, however I think a 3 year old is much less able to distinguish fantasy from reality than a 12 year old.

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yeah, that's what i'm trying to say....i'm no pyschologist but i would think the most critical points of brain develop begin happening at this age and i don't think this is the most appropriate way to go about raising someone....either way, regrardless of what this video game may or may not do, it's gumption that parenting has a lot to do with how someone grows up...and to think she finds it appropriate to let this kid play the game is a bit absurd to me (the father and mother don't live together) so there's little he can do anyway...

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Your house. Your rules. You aren't parenting her kid, but you can act like a responsible adult in your own home. Sometimes it's a shame that we can't pick our family.