Five year old playing Apex?
One of the daily 'Apex clips' feeds yesterday showed a five-year-old playing (and streaming) Apex. How do people feel about this? I'm genuinely interestered to know. I would never have allowed my s...
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@EdwardDLuffy simply "no". The child should be playing with their lego and being told stories at that age.
About 6-7 for Nintendo games, then pokemon/minecraft 8-12, then fortnite/Overwatch 11 up, 13 for apex. But the game time must be specific the child's capabilities, as in how they manage the intensity of concentration and subsequent reactions over an hour or so.
Further just playing loads can distract them from their school work during school time, in that schoolwork becomes boring and not as exciting as gaming, and they get excited by thinking about the games and talking to their friends about it too at every opportunity.
I think ground rules are necessary and unfettered use is poor parenting, like any addictive thing, these type of games should be moderated by parents.
Do homework, do chores, do exercise, eat, then game a bit as a reward along with TV and stories and make and do. Combined with a star chart allows the child the feeling of earning the reward of game time and not taking it for granted.
@OldTreeCreeper<— perfect parenting reply right here xD (no sarcasm at all, this is how I view parenting), the ol’ 1990’s and below style.
if they give you lip
I'm not impressed by a 5 year old playing, and frankly a 5 year old being streamed to do anything makes me wonder about responsible parenting. There's the video game aspect but then...there's also the question of should you really be putting your kid on YouTube/streaming at age 5?
I guess it's less a policing and more a question of what's good parenting? Can't say it should go without at least wondering. Clearly he's way below the maturity rating for the game, can't imagine he has the mechanical skills and he certainly doesn't have the decision making ability of deciding if he wants to be put up for public view. We have kid actors though, the difference being the parents sign to like a million waivers and agreements. Clearly, the internet is not operating with anything even close to the same oversight.
Personally, I would never do it. I don't care, it's not impressive, it doesn't do anything in my mind to help the kid. This is a parent using their child for their own benefit to me, and yeah, the kid is going to have a good time doing it. He'd have a good time playing nearly anything at Age 5 though. More than anything, I think it's stupid.- @KelRiever You also have the miss pageants ppl who mostly do it out of monetary gain or because they wanted to be a miss pageant or were one and wanted their child to follow in footsteps or all 3 of the above. Either way I find it weird.
I can’t say it’s wrong as I don’t know if this person wants to do it or wanted to do it but now is pressured into it... but weird nonethelessEven 30-40 year old adults often fail to deal with the emotions triggered by this game, it's not hard to imagine how bad it can be for a kid, especially at 5-6 years, when most can barely control their basic feelings.
I'm not amazed that some kids can show impressive mechanical skills. It's kind of normal, as children's brains are like sponges for the first few years, absorbing large amounts of information which later becomes the foundation for more complex stuff. This is the same reason why a game like Apex can easily inflict psychological damage on the little ones, with long lasting and serious effects. This game is not good for the little ones at all, there are tons of much better suited things for them to do at that age.
Remember, those who grow up with Lego become creative devs, while those who get smartphones as gifts at 2 grow up as spoiled brats, forever crybabies, the Karens 🙂.
