I don't want my kids playing games with violence

Beginner Joined: Mar 04 2010 Posts: 14

I was at my parents house over yt. I travel there often bc it's only a two hour drive and this situation keeps on repeating itself every time I'm there.

My sister leads a completely different life style to me. Her kid watches TV and goes to a mixed school etc etc etc whilst I am raising my kids more like the chassidish life-style. My family is chassidish, she went off and came back although she's not chassidsh and has completely different way of raising her child.

I don't have a problem with her way of life, it's just she always comes over when I'm there (which is great) but my children come home with these ideas in their heads. Once it's some high action game with knives and swords, another time it's a game about James Bond, I mean he's 6 why's he watching James Bond movies? I don't like my chidlren playing gun type of games but I can't stop my nephew, he's this kid that's full of energy who can't sit still. I tried monitoring their games, playing with them action games that are more Kosher, somehow he manages to turn it into a robbers with knives game!!!

This last time really tops it. I noticed my daughter was having trouble falling asleep over yt. I sat down to talk to her and finally got it out of her. She was afraid of the Halloween ghost. They played some stupid Halloween game and it got her scared.
How do I deal with this? Is there any way to stop this? And even if I talk to my sister, I don't think she can stop her child, he's just too into it!

You should talk to your sister even if you think she can't fully control it. Kids are capable of understanding that others have different standards than them. Once you've spoken to her though I'd let it go. When you have relatives that are more "modern" or whatever it kind of comes along with the territory. You won't be able to control it fully and have to be happy that at least most of the time they're not exposed to these types of things.
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