Head teachers threaten to report parents to the police if they let their kids play CoD - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Primary school headteachers have warned parents who allow their children to play video games such as Call Of Duty and Grand Theft Auto will be reported to police and social services for neglect. The Nantwich Education Partnership, made up of 15 primary schools and one secondary academy, issued a letter after children reported playing or watching the adult-themed games. The heads said the games could increase "early sexualised behaviours" and the advice was in line with local authority policy and concerns. The letter, sent last month, said: "Several children have reported playing or watching adults play games which are inappropriate for their age and they have described the levels of violence and sexual content they have witnessed: Call Of Duty, Grand Theft Auto, Dogs Of War and other similar games are all inappropriate for children and they should not have access to them.[/QUOTE] [url]https://uk.news.yahoo.com/parents-reported-over-games-073108535.html#Vod7W5N[/url]

Joke's on you, I don't have any parents! They act like any violent video game will turn people into sociopaths and potential school shooters these days.

It depends what they define as 'children', anything under 12 sure, but you'd think teenagers would know the difference between reality and video games.

Oh man this brings back memories, I remember the mass hysteria that went around when GTA III first came out, one of our teachers spent 20 minutes bitching about it. What was ironic was that the place that I grew up in turned more people violent and sectarian than any video-game ever could. The school had a policy of "pretending nothing was wrong" too, even when the windows of the prefabs were smashed in every week and graffiti was everywhere.

It's just headteachers having power trips and trying to control kids lives at home. This should seriously be considered none of their business Also what the fuck is dogs of war?

The age rating on a game is definitely there for a reason, [I]but[/I] it also should be based on maturity. If your child is mature enough at 15/16 to disconnect games from reality then I think it's fair to let them play 18's.

[QUOTE=carcarcargo;47416960]It's just headteachers having power trips and trying to control kids lives at home. This should seriously be considered none of their business Also what the fuck is dogs of war?[/QUOTE] God of War?

[QUOTE=carcarcargo;47416960]It's just headteachers having power trips and trying to control kids lives at home. This should seriously be considered none of their business Also what the fuck is dogs of war?[/QUOTE] It could refer to one of three games; a run and gun developed for the Amiga, a medal of honor release (known as European Assault), or an RTS made by Silicon Dreams.

Piss off out of people's homes, please.

I played violent videogames as a kid and I turned out fine! Oh hold on, my chainsaw and hockey mask just arrived in the post, excuse me.

[QUOTE=pixskull;47417032]"Hang on a minute, Bob let me just stop solving this very serious crime involving a masked gunman and a post office whilst I pop around to Mrs Graham's, and tell her to stop letting her son play shooting games".[/QUOTE] It's not going to be police, it'll just be a boring letter from the headmaster that's something along the lines of "Dear Mrs Blah, I am the headmaster at your kids school, apparently he plays games with an age rating of 18, these can have violent scenes blah blah blah, yours sincerely, a bored headmaster"

Primary schools here cater for people under like 11.... they probably shouldn't be playing GTA at an age which is pretty darn impressionable.

The police would do nothing in regards to this, as no law has been broken. Parents are perfectly legally entitled to allow their children to play games of any age rating, it's the parents responsibility after all. Age ratings only apply to retailers selling the games to those underage without a parents consent. Whilst teachers of course have a moral duty to the well-being of their students, this is well over the line.

Watch as they call the police and the police tell them to fuck off as they literally can't do anything. Worst thing that'll happen is a visit from the cops at their door and then the cops will just realize the parents just let their kid play some video games.

[QUOTE=Superwafflez;47417063]Primary schools here cater for people under like 11.... they probably shouldn't be playing GTA at an age which is pretty darn impressionable.[/QUOTE] I know plenty of people who have played GTA since their earliest days and none of them shot up a school They could murder people relentlessly in a video game but if someone even accidentally stepped on a kitties foot they'd be startled

Reminds me of that time my kindergarten teacher told my mom that Satan watches MTV, so she shouldn't let me watch it :v:

[QUOTE=MightyLOLZOR;47417393]Reminds me of that time my kindergarten teacher told my mom that Satan watches MTV, so she shouldn't let me watch it :v:[/QUOTE] reminds me of that time my maths teacher told me that I'd go to hell if I kept watching "liberal propaganda". im not even a democrat

lol I had teachers who would talk to the class about CoD if there was a couple extra minutes.

My teacher took a day off to play Skyrim, that's the kind of teacher I'd want to be teaching my kids, not some intrusive butthead.

[QUOTE=Superwafflez;47417063]Primary schools here cater for people under like 11.... they probably shouldn't be playing GTA at an age which is pretty darn impressionable.[/QUOTE] First time I played GTA I was 9 years old. Still didn't affect me.

I support the notion of keeping 9 year olds off call o duty, but its not actually illegal to let kids play m rated games its a parents prerogative to decide when their children can play those games and see those movies, I wasn't allowed to play m-rated stuff like GTA till I was in my mid teens but my parents didn't care so much about r rated movies or violent movies Still that was the late 90s when there wasn't much choice in the matter nor were games photorealistic, there's so many better games than call of duty that are so much better for kids and aren't nearly as toxic community wise

Growing up I was the youngest of my extended family so I was playing GTA and shooters when I was around 10. I don't feel it affected my behavior growing up. I feel like the older generation has a hard time realizing that there's a huge disconnect between what the character on screen does and what the player does. Now when VR comes around and we get to kill hookers with our virtual bare hands then they'll have a good point.

The parents should report these headteachers for overreaching their authority. If they want their kids playing games 'too' mature for them it's their right. [QUOTE=Croninberg;47416969]The age rating on a game is definitely there for a reason, [I]but[/I] it also should be based on maturity. If your child is mature enough at 15/16 to disconnect games from reality then I think it's fair to let them play 18's.[/QUOTE] I think it should be based solely off maturity, rather than age. I was, at 8 or 9, mature enough to disconnect reality and media, but not everyone is. Some people don't get to that point until their 20s, some people do so almost exactly along the lines of the age ratings, etc etc. It varies on a case by case basis and is almost impossible to sum up with arbitrary numbers. It's up to the parent's discretion and shouldn't have anything to do with an arbitrary count of how many successful orbits around Sol the child has made. Simply being 17 years old does not mean you're mature enough to handle those themes. Makes me glad the ESRB has no legal authority and is only really there as a 'This is what's in the game' sticker.

it's a fucking video game

Arrest the kids instead for having such an awful taste in video games.

[QUOTE=Croninberg;47416969]The age rating on a game is definitely there for a reason, [I]but[/I] it also should be based on maturity. If your child is mature enough at 15/16 to disconnect games from reality then I think it's fair to let them play 18's.[/QUOTE] That's why I've always been saying that age should be measured in more than just time, since maturation does not occur at the same speed across the board. I mean, I played games like Half-Life 2 and whatnot when I was 12 years old, and I turned out fine. That said I'm not the only one, and like I just said we don't all develop at the same speed.

I can see the headteachers point, actually. If kids at a young and impressionable age are playing these sort of games then the parent is at fault and should be reported. But if they're like 13 then fuck off, these kids obviously know the difference.

[QUOTE=LtKyle2;47417913]I can see the headteachers point, actually. If kids at a young and impressionable age are playing these sort of games then the parent is at fault and should be reported.[/QUOTE] Uh no? How about let the parents do their job and raise their kids themselves?

This is stupid. I used to play Day of Defeat with the high school LAN club when I was in second grade. Maybe if the kid starts exhibiting violent behavior intervene, but none of this blanket crap

[QUOTE=MightyLOLZOR;47417947]Uh no? How about let the parents do their job and raise their kids themselves?[/QUOTE] If a kid is playing these games at a impressionable age, then the parent obviously isn't doing their job.