Instead of plowing into the rear of the car ahead of him, he swerved to the right and popped up onto to sidewalk. In doing so, he accidently ran over a woman walking towards his oncoming car. He was incredibly ashamed of himself and profusely apologized.
I was an extremely sensitive young boy. This would have been deeply affecting to me at the time.
“It's okay. It's only a game. It's not real”, I reassured him. After a few minutes of me explaining the difference between a game and real life, he felt comfortable enough to continue playing.
Dear god.
I really hope the scene played out like:
- Child was disturbed
- Father was reassuring
- Child continued playing entirely of his own volition
And not like:
- Child was disturbed
- Father was reassuring and encouraged child to continue playing, because it's okay to kill people in a game
I understand you completely. I was chilled when I read "Its okay. It's only a game." Its true of course, but probably beyond a child's reasoning. Imagine "Its only baseball, cheat all you want". But here, its running over people.
Instead of plowing into the rear of the car ahead of him, he swerved to the right and popped up onto to sidewalk. In doing so, he accidently ran over a woman walking towards his oncoming car. He was incredibly ashamed of himself and profusely apologized.
I was an extremely sensitive young boy. This would have been deeply affecting to me at the time.
“It's okay. It's only a game. It's not real”, I reassured him. After a few minutes of me explaining the difference between a game and real life, he felt comfortable enough to continue playing.
Dear god.
I really hope the scene played out like:
- Child was disturbed
- Father was reassuring
- Child continued playing entirely of his own volition
And not like:
- Child was disturbed
- Father was reassuring and encouraged child to continue playing, because it's okay to kill people in a game
- Child continued playing