As a mother I'm allowed to change my mind and realise my mistakes. The hard part is explaining myself and holding true to myself.
I've stuffed up with Marko and his damned, stupid, irritating, life-sapping xbox. I allowed him to play war games, I purchased them for him. These are not just war, but graphic, realistic, blood splattering, violent war games, ones that are rated MA15+. Not sure entirely why I ignored the rating when I got the first one. He said "all my friends are playing it" I believed him and truth be told they are "all" playing it.
The latest and greatest of the Modern Warfare series came out this week. I heard on the telly that England is trying to ban it due to its extreme violence, realistic graphics and scenes that are obviously based on the Underground bombings in London several years ago. Mark is desperate for this game. Desperate to the point of tears when told NO.
There are two reasons not to purchase this game in particular.
The violence.
The cost.
Mark's response is: "Its exactly the same as my other games"
Me: "You don't need it then, play the ones you've got"
Him" THis one is better"
Me: "Oh well, too bad, I've made my decision and its NO"
Tears! Slamming of doors! Aggression! (Yet he swears black and blue that he is not being affected by these games).
He wants to know why he's allowed to play the old games and not the new one. So I've offered to sell them all. Didn't get a favourable response to that one.
I just don't know what to do at the moment. I feel hypocritical. I'd love to sell the whole damned system. I want him to be a kid, go outside and play. He is only interested in killing people on that stupid console. Tomorrow we MUST put the timer lock onto it. He has no self control with time.
