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4/4/2015 2:42:38 PM
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Kids playing Destiny. This dad's perspective.
I've seen a few threads about kids playing Destiny, and thought I'd share [i]my[/i] experience as a dad.
Yesterday, my wife and I went to an awards ceremony where our 9 year-old received an award for outstanding academic achievement - he got all A's on his report card. He's also an amazing athlete - All City in track and cross-country - and is the best hunting buddy a dad could ask for. He is really well liked, and has an awesome group of buddies.
And here's the kicker: he's beat Atheon and Crota a bunch of times! I was playing with him when he got Ghallahorn. The pure joy that erupted from him is something I'll enjoy remembering [i]forever[/i] - what a gift.
So for all the preachy, judgmental, presumptuous people on here who attack parents for letting non-teens play rated-T games: not all young kids who play Destiny are gonna turn out bad; not all parents who allow their kids to play video games use those games as baby-sitters; video games - even those at the upper-end of age-appropriate - aren't corrupting our kids. Instead, video games can be a fun and even [i]healthy[/i] part of a well-balanced childhood. After all, they were for me!
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I've played since I was 10, and still do regularly. IQ in the 97th, professional job (won't say what but society would crash without it) and regularly defend gaming. I also howl with laughter when someone -blam!-s up and rockets themselves, and swear like a trooper when Skolas is being a pain. Kids? Adults? Ancients? Nah. Just gamers. Sure there's assholes, but the wide world has them too. Why make more of a fuss over gaming? I'm getting my money's worth on a hobby I love.
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3 RepliesMy dad calls me a disappointment when he sees me playing. I got straight A's and got national fitness award while playing games everyday after school.😞
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1 ReplyAmazing, finally someone who speaks for us kids. I'm 13 years old and I have straight As, in an advanced program, and I'm about to take Algebra II when school starts again. And yet, my parents always say that these video games corrupt my mind, lower my attention span, all the usual junk. And yet look at me, my IQ is 134, my hobbies include reading about CREATION THEORY and sketching designs for practical machines, and my favorite TV shows include: Ancient Aliens, Modern Marvels, and The Universe, and I also enjoy reading the Grimoire. I play this game on a daily basis and have completely mastered The Aegis (VoG relic), I own every exotic except for Elder Cipher weapons and Ghorn. I've bought every weapon Xûr has ever sold (except for Ghorn D:). And yet, I still have people who want me to more "productive" things when I don't really need to, my grades are exceptional, so there's no need to worry if I'll be a failure in the future. Take that you scumbags keeping me away from my First Gjallarhorn! [quote]Thx for supporting the Children of the Destinyverse sir, Kudos to you and your son[/quote]
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1 ReplyRated-T games are just fine for younger kids in my opinion. But games like Call Of Duty that are rated M with bad language, intense violence, and sexual content is completely UNACCEPTABLE! Thank you for this post :)
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3 RepliesI like this post
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1 ReplyI don't mind kids playing games rated higher than E, but for the sake of the rest of the online community, if you hear your kid constantly complaining and cussing over the game, kick that kid's @$$ and keep the game away from him/her. I remember playing GTA5 and hearing a kid hardly out of diapers cussing everyone off, then his uncle shows up to back him up. That's right, backs him up. I'm pretty sure even random babysitters could teach a kid a thing or two about manners and discipline better than him. [spoiler]don't be that guy[/spoiler]
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2 RepliesThis got out of control fast. Lol It's all $hits and giggles until someone giggles and $hits.
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3 RepliesThat T-rating may have kept the goddamn twisted and beautifully dark lore behind this game-- out of the game as some dinky little collectible trading cards. Just saying.
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12 RepliesI'm 13 turning 14 soon and wish you were my dad.
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4 RepliesIt's all fun and games till he gets on a mic
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Bump. I feel the same way. Only difference is I don't have a kid lol
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I grew up as a pre-teen with GTA. And I've still only killed, like, 5 hookers.
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1 ReplyThe good old electronic Pacifier! I kinda feel sorry for today's kids, sure we had video games when I was young, but at least they didn't consume your life. You could only beat Contra so many times before you finally gave up and went outside for fun. Now days the parents practically get charged with neglect if they allow that. To me it's weird how the social aspect of video games has changed the world over the past 20 years. If someone spent a whole day playing a game like Final Fantasy, they were considered weird and an outcast, now if you don't your the "noob, or scrub". Games also forced you to use your imagination allot more, you had to imagine that those little Blocks was the Princess of your dreams! Now games do that and more! Personally I think that is going to effect the next generations creativity and we are already seeing it in Music and Movies. Kids don't get to explore, they don't get to play with toys, and they spend their entire day focused on one train of thought. It's going to make for some boring brainwashed people. The flip side is "What's wrong with parents today" As an adult if I go to a R rated movie at 11:00pm It's not uncommon for me to be surrounded by parents and their 5 year olds. Obviously the Parents don't have any sense of decency and are Children themselves, how are they going to help teach their kids any discipline if they don't have any themselves?
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24 RepliesEdited by Unforgiven: 6/17/2015 2:12:29 AMSo -blam!- you Bragging asshole. You are all so great! Some people have kids who have mental retardation. So you think you are somehow better? -blam!- you and your -blam!-ing family!
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9 Replies*Talks about athletics and grades like they are actually challenging at 9*
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3 RepliesYou sound like a good dad.....mine was a prick fair play
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1 ReplySome of the funnest times my son and I had was tackling Borderlands2 together in split screen. Destiny was fun, too, but the singular view meant we couldn't play together. We enjoyed exploring Destiny over each other's shoulders and like the sci-if vibe. We'll always have a warm spot for Halo. Alas, he burned out on version 1 due to all the material farming became "chores" in his mind. What killed it for him finally was the Thorn bounty. It just destroyed his joy for game by time he'd finished. He's fourteen. Now, things are different and Bungie has heard the hue+cry from community enough (remember how whacked Bungie was over Queen's gear giving a few ascendants?) to change around how we up level: my son is finally thinking he'll pick it up again.
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1 ReplyEdited by SaltyJack591: 6/16/2015 6:16:12 PMWell I'm glad your having fun your son, that and hunting are also great bonding experiences. Unlike you I did not let my kids play online games until they were 16. You cannot control who they talk to in game on a public chat so there's a parental decision to be made. If you cannot control who your child plays with then certain aspects of the game should probably be limited. I am older now and in my sons clan (they are in their 20's now). You have to remember that Destiny E3 was rated M for mature and Bungie has fans back to Halo 1 so the player base is older. Average age at release was 20-40 years of age so you child is in the minority. I have played with people that requested help in game that were definitely your sons age and there were no other adults on the chat. I don't mind playing with younger players, I've played games with my kids since they were little. It's just that my father instinct tells me that their parents aren't paying attention and to me that is a problem in this community.
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Exactly. If a kid is mentally developed to a certain point, no kinda content can insert an opinion into his mind that his brain didnt approve. And since your kid sounds quite mature and intelligent I take it that it won't affect his mental development at all. As long as he doesn't get addicted to the game that is.
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1 ReplyJust don't let him play PvP. The hate will flow through him.
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2 RepliesEdited by J Stevensontown: 6/16/2015 4:57:07 PMBump dad!!!! Awesome post. Congrats on your son. I want to take my daughter hunting when she's old enough
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1 ReplyYou sound like you have a great son! I have two boys of my own. My oldest loves gaming time, he's still a little young for destiny but he loves playing easy halo missions with his mom. My youngest still enjoys watching us play. I grew up with my dad and still cherish our time together playing video games. Don't worry about other people judging, its easy to judge from the outside and I bet most of them don't even have kids in the first place.
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1 ReplyThis game isn't bad at all: -No blood -Aliens -Cartoon-like graphics -No cussing or sexual themes I agree with you. If I was an adult, I'd let my kid play this game. There's nothing bad in it really
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1 ReplyBump!!! I feel the same way. My son plays with me and still has good grades in school too.
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1 ReplyEdited by McQuade: 6/16/2015 9:28:52 AMWay to be good parent gotta talk up your kid first lol. Seriously though great post, I have tons of fun playing games with my sons also. My youngest is 11 has missed straight A's by only one B, is very active in sports and can quickscope like nobodies business.
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1 ReplyGamer dad here too, so many people jump to the conclusion you're a zombie nerd because you plug into a game for a few hours. I know for sure my brain is working overtime while they sit watching mindless drivel on the tv. A son that's made his dad proud so young, well done. Some guys strive their whole lives and never achieve it.
