Grand Theft Auto lets bitch!

 I love twitter.  Love the fact I use it as a news feed and some entertainment but I don’t care what Sally Sue had for lunch so I don’t really follow friends. 

 I saw a tidbit on how Grand Theft Auto (the game) promotes criminal actions and I have to speak my mind. I'm taking the article out of context so if you have read it this is not my view on the article but on a sentence in the article.

 My kids play this game; my daughter committed 7 felonies in the first 3 minutes of the game. (I counted)I did note the violence, the fast action and wanted to play myself. I didn’t get very far but that is another story.

I've heard a lot of hype about the game but my opinion is mine and if you don’t like it hit the X on the top right corner of this page and poof! I disappear. 

 As I said my kids play this game. I've watched them play a million times. As my kids got older did they commit crimes? No. Did they think about committing crimes? No. I'm going to tell you why.

 I have a firm belief that if you teach your children good morals and values, it shouldn't matter what they are exposed to, their conscience will pull them back to reality. Simple, said, done..

 I've been married I’ve been a single parent, I've worked two and three jobs at a time but I always made time for my kids. I just didn’t let them sit in front of a media device and not know what they were watching; if you use media as a baby sitter and don’t talk to your kids then they will learn morals from what they watch. Brainwashing kids into social media is not parenting and I know a lot of parents that do just that, You get home from work your tired so sit little Johnny in front of the TV until bed time. I will admit I have done this in the past, guilty as charged but it was not an everyday occurrence. Let me put in there that I am not a crazy say no to everything parent; I don’t x ray everything but observe.

  I’ve let my kids watch and play everything they wanted within reason. The kicker to this introduction is talking to your kids. See what they see and talk about it. As for Grand Theft Auto, Do they know this is just a game? Yes, is this reality? To somewhat no, do they think about committing crimes? No. so forth and so on. I’m going to get off point yet again and talk about music. I never bought censored music I would rather listen to bad language than bleeping. We would have MTV dance parties and I would listen to what they wanted and we would dance, and dance and If I heard black and yellow black and yellow, black and yellow One more fucking time  my head was going to explode but I smiled and danced and watched videos and got into their world and they we happy to share. I don’t dissect everything they see I give them their own privacy and let them make up their own minds and observe. It takes time, energy and patience and more patience. If you don’t want to take the time, don’t have children…

 I understand this is not a parenting bitch, it’s what worked for me and my children and every child is different. I’m not saying I am the best parent but I have given my life to producing children that are strong, open minded loving and kind. One child liked horror movies the other was very afraid of them. I admit I don’t watch them either my imagination is too lively and I know when to say no, and so did my kids. I always told them not to give a fuck what anyone else thinks and not to give into peer pressure. (I taught them ways around that). Both my kids came from broken homes, and have lived through things I can only imagine. Love your kids teach them, dance with them, laugh with them and become them every so often be inside their bubble. It's a job in itself and Fuck where did I put my coffee…hang on..