You're Strange

[QuakeRoot]

So... yesterday I was busy doing "who the hell knows what" on the computer, but I was very busy doing whatever I was doing. My three year old comes up to me and we have the following conversation:

Adorable 3 Year Old: "Daddy? Daddy getting bad guys?"

QuakeRoot: "No, Daddy is not getting bad guys, Daddy is busy."

3 Year Old: "No you get bad guys!"

QuakeRoot: "I don't have time to get bad guys right now, Daddy is busy, go play with your Tranformers squeeker face.

3 Year Old: "No... Daddy? Daddy? Daddy? DADDY! YOU NEED TO GET BA-GUYS! GET BAD GUYS NNNNNNOOOOOOWWW!!

Daddy: NO. Kid. I am NOT getting Bad Guys, I'm working.

3 Year Old with full blown stomping and screaming: Daddy! Do It! You Need To!! Do It Now!

------NOTE----
The process of "Getting The Bady Guys" usually involves playing Quake and the three year old watches, tells me what to do, and in general observes the devastation of single-play on Nightmare. On Filter, with no blood, and minimal psychological scarring.

------Back To The Story-----

It was amazing.... the little biscuit went from "I plead with you Dearest Father" to a screaming red faced demon demanding I "Get the Bad Guys." It was adorable, how could I say "no?"

With vigor and vim, I turn on the sound system (which I got for free, and is surprisingly good), plop the kid onto the chair next to me, close all the bullshit I was working on, launch Quake and start "Getting The BAD GUYS!!"

It was a fantastic moment... then I forgot - I'd been tinkering with Sevens "Ultimate Mod Compilation" and had accidentally left all the squishy things enabled. Bad guys were exploding left and right, gibs were being kicked everywhere & splashing in acid. It was very graphic for a 3 year old.

3 Year old: Oh... what's that?
Daddy: That's... uh a... demon of the underworld - sucking the soul out of a lifeless bady guy?
3 Year old: Oh. Nice.
Daddy: You think so?
3 Year old: Yea, it's funny! It's silly! Yay! Get that Bad Guy Too!

My offspring has no hope of having a normal life.

[powerzord]

Pensu ?

[Syluxguy28O3]

lol, nice story bud.

[Phenom]

Yeah, don't worry about your child being normal!
It's 2012 almost 2013! Normal is overrated, dull and boring!

Just make sure you teach them the difference between reality, fiction, right and wrong!

[Mindf!3ldzX]

In the real world kids are allowed to see the violence that comes from video games. It's a keen reminder of why real weapons are not to be played with. Kids shouldn't be treated like they are inferior, that leads to mistakes being made in the worse kind of ways.


Every aspect of my childhood that I was shielded from I openly engage with my kids, because learning the hard way sometimes isn't required, it just takes a logical approach to the aspect of ;

What do you recall being your worse failings as a adolescent? Where could have you (or your PARENTS) have done better? Is there things that you wish would have been done differently???

It is our duty as human beings to evolve into something better than we was previously, and each generation should be stock full of information that we ourselves had to learn, but through passing of the knowledge from your generation to the next end up with the next generation being 150% prepared for the expected nonsense to occur, and as they themselves reach the point of a curve ball is thrown at them,they will teach the known facets of life + the curve ball knowledge they was thrown and hindered / threw them off their game of life.


I was never shielded from video games, I was killing ducks on "Duck Hunt" way back in the day as a "Wee One".....................................

Granted no blood was availible, but the fact I was shooting ducks with a fake gun didn't immediately set me off to "Killing animals with weapons".

Nor did Mortal Kombat enduce a frantic killing spree etc.

[Mindf!3ldzX]

ps : its adorable your youngin was demanding you shoot the monsters definately a moment that didnt require kodak!

[Baker]

@QuakeRoot: That's an awesome story. And a very cute one.

re: Monsters in the closet.

Explain if there is a monster in the closet, after daddy kills it:

1.) Will have world-wide #1 Youtube video showing carcass
2.) Be world-famous of discoverer of new species
3.) Will become rich by selling carcass of new species

Monster in closet = unprecedented opportunity for profit.

Nope, monster in closet is not to be feared, but rather is modern today equivalent of free winning lottery ticket.

[RL Clown]

@QuakeRoot: That's an awesome story. And a very cute one.

re: Monsters in the closet.

Explain if there is a monster in the closet, after daddy kills it:

1.) Will have world-wide #1 Youtube video showing carcass
2.) Be world-famous of discoverer of new species
3.) Will become rich by selling carcass of new species

Monster in closet = unprecedented opportunity for profit.

Nope, monster in closet is not to be feared, but rather is modern today equivalent of free winning lottery ticket.

*Body-slam the monster!*

*Put the monster in a head-lock*