children help: My step children are 7 yr & 5yr old. - Help.com

Well 5 and 7 year olds shouldn’t be playing online games and be chatting to people. Those games do change their behavior because they wan’t to be like the guys in the game. I’ve never played World Of War Craft but i know people who play it. It’s fine for 11 and up in my opinion. They aren’t mature enough to be playing it.

As I have it from another WOW addict:
1. This game is DEFINITELY NOT for children that age. Get them off it. Now.
2. The lying has nothing to do with the game. That’s just parenting. (Sorry)
3. The game is suffering from a large amount of children their age. It’s becoming a problem. Only ages 14+ should play.

And from me, as someone who lives with a WOW addict:
1. It’s an addicting game. Don’t try to get their mother off it. It’s like trying to wean her off of black tar heroin.
2. They’re going to be exposed to a lot of things that you don’t want them exposed to at that age if you keep letting them on the internet. Use parental controls. Get rid of their WOW accounts and block them from websites you don’t approve of.
3. They’ll be pissed at you about my #2, but it’s necessary. I wouldn’t have been a teenage cyber-**** if my dad had kept me off the computer when I was that young. (I take responsibility, but hey, that would’ve helped!)

I didn’t put this because I thought you wanted specific WOW incidents, but my younger brother was given some violent games around age 8 and became a lot more aggressive when playing with me or with friends. Not violent, but definitely more aggressive; for example, tackling during a game of tag, throwing hard objects while play-fighting, and (at one point) biting me when I avoided the tackle and gave him a bear hug to restrain him. Of course, that could have simply been due to the fact that he was a young boy.
WOW is a part of the internet. So hopefully you observe them closely at their mothers as well.

SilverVeggieMoon wrote:
I didn’t put this because I thought you wanted specific WOW incidents, but my younger brother was given some violent games around age 8 and became a lot more aggressive when playing with me or with friends. Not violent, but definitely more aggressive; for example, tackling during a game of tag, throwing hard objects while play-fighting, and (at one point) biting me when I avoided the tackle and gave him a bear hug to restrain him. Of course, that could have simply been due to the fact that he was a young boy.
WOW is a part of the internet. So hopefully you observe them closely at their mothers as well.

sounds like just growing up, but again I always played sports when i was younger. A lot of aggressive and physical activities sounds normal. Except for throwing things.

Honestly I don’t think World of Warcraft really isn’t all that bad. I mean other than possibilities of others typing cusswords or other remarks in the typing display. Aggression, I mean the game is very similar to any other roll playing game. Honestly I’d compare it to Zelda. Maybe a little more intense, but it’s not resident evil, halo, call of duty, etc… I don’t know for sure but I am sure you can censor language in the game.

I’d be more worried about your kids getting fat and lazy and not going outside. I’ve seen what that game can do to early 20 year olds. And interacting with others on a video game is nothing like in real life. haha turn’em into little dough boys.

I’m pretty sure having a split family such as yours is known to cause aggressive and lying behavior in children. However I do think they are way too young for that game.