And I certainly don't think it's cause for you to be judged by the very same people who are going to be reveling in the sex, drugs and violence found in the game. Because, and I appear to be alone on this, I don't think buying GTA V for your kid makes you a bad parent.
But a lot of the blanket judgments thrown around in the last week really irk me. People like to talk about the violence or the sexual content or the drug use in the game as reasons why it's not acceptable for children. I've seen all the content that gives it a capital 'M' mature rating. I've played somewhere in the neighborhood of 40-50 hours of GTA V in the last week. One clerk even wrote a letter to Kotaku encouraging parents to 'do the right thing.'īut what if buying your 11-year-old GTA V IS the right thing to do? I followed GTA V news pretty closely in the last few weeks and, after the release last Tuesday, there were a number of posts on Reddit from Gamestop clerks who were selling the title to clueless parents. GTA V is upon us and, as expected, so is the media firestorm of how it causes kids to kill or is the hallmark of bad parenting.