Is it good for my son?

The other day I had a conversation with a worried mother:
- In one week it will be my son’s birthday and he wants a videogame and, because I don’t know nothing about it, I’m asking you. For sure you know more than me.
- What game?
- GTA San Andreas. In the box it puts that it is for 18 or greater, you think that is appropriate to him?
- How old is him?
- Eight.

Here it is a dilemma. That is a difficult question to answer. I started to think about the poor boy. Just a few years ago I was like him. I wanted to play with adults’ things. It’s just a videogame. If I were he I would like to play San Andreas.

I told her that the game, in that case, had a just qualification. The protagonist is a criminal, is bad, police prosecutes him, deals with drug, becomes a gangster, there are violence, blood and strong language. The game is not a wonderful Disney World. Thus saying, the game seems to be a nasty one that only uses those elements to attract attention but to be honest, it is a great game.

I asked her if she allows her son to watch violent films and she said no. If she doesn’t allow him to play, then, why it would be different with this videogame.

I told her about games for all the public that were really good. I recommended GameCube videogame station where a great videogame doesn’t mean only for adults.

This way I solved the situation. The boy will have to wait. Perhaps by now he will have a new GameCube.