Well my nephew is 9 and has asked his mum for COD for xmas now its an 18cert and she has asked oh if its suitable? I dont think it is, its 18 for a reason but obviously his friends are playing it. What do you think?

i thought you meant the fish at first.

i would say it depends on him and his maturity level/ fear level factors like that. i know mara lets her tom play on games like this but he is a sensible lad and she doesnt worry that it might affect him pschologically.

sorry doesnt help much, but depends on the child

my hubby says the contents fine but it he plays it online you can always get some idiots firing abuse (sweary marys).

taylors 10 and plays it, but not on line. im sure my dad said u can turn the bloody bits off and other badness???

personally i dont like it, but he is mature for his age and what my mum says goes...

I thought you were on about the fish...so no idea what you are talking about but I had to congratulate pinky on the use of 'sweary marys' hahahaha

oh, p.s I wouldn't go for it, there must be less violent/aggressive things out there for a 9 year old! (hubby informed me what you were talking about )

Hi

my 13 year old plays it and so do all of his friends. I've never actually seen it but some of my sons friends dad play it too and said it's ok. But these are 13 year olds so it's a bit different.

Amanda, I thought the same as Jo, that this was gonna be a post about fish!!!

Sorry can't help, I haven't got a clue what COD is xx

It's a war game..and it's pretty realistic as far as war games go. I think if allowed to play, I think it's important to maybe have a discussion about war, and that real people fought and died for our countries - just like in the game. I think just watching the evening news broadcasts are more graphic as far as content. xxx

dylan plays it not alot but i dont think it is that bad there are alot worse thing i have seen him watchin ect
i will agree abou the live thing alot of people send abusive messages to you, but he doesnt read them and he doesnt have the headphones on so he cannot talk to anyone ether plus he always plays with ether me or his dad there x

my boys 10 and 9 play it ,,,, thy have live too so ( more so the older child ) plays it online in their room ,,,, he plays his real life friends and his dad and uncle on it
we had a mass discussion with him over who could be lurking on other end x

My son plays online with his mates and usually kids from USA.

i love cod it's not that graphic to be honest i'd let him play

Hi hun, my nephew played it when he was 9 but to be quite honest with you, he also had two uncles out there fighting for the country in Iraq/Afghanistan, so he was already spoken to about the war in Afghanistan and the difference between that and a video game. He is though and always has been very mature for his age.

I think its upto the individual parents and what they think xx

My OH plays it and says if its played on a pc its quite well policed eg swearing but if its on PS3 its not so well policed. He says he would let C play it at 9 if she wanted to but it depends on the child. I think if it was me i'd also discuss violence and fighting in general with any young child wanting to play a game like that particularly in light of the effects of violence i see

Xbox isnt policed AT ALL - the swearing is stupid and i don't believe for one minute the kids (you can tell they are primary school age) are supervised cos no parent would let their kid say those things

I wouldn't let a child under 13 play it live on xbox for that reason