User blog comment:AndreEagle17/Breaking News, GTA VI is confirmed!/@comment-558050-20150204154347/@comment-25171506-20150205195911

Rain is right. Most age ratings are used as a guide and it is at the discretion of someone's parents as to what they allow their child to watch/play. I agree that most nine-year-olds wouldn't know what killing is. One of the political parties in England is planning to teach children sex-ed lessons from the age of five. I doubt most five-year-olds know what sex is. That said, I can't talk much about age ratings as I first played GTA at a relatively young age, but that was under restrictions as to how long I played it. Generally, I think it is acceptable for someone to play a game designed for an older person (ie a 14-year-old playing an 18 game) provided they have displayed the maturity to differentiate between real life and fiction. That's where the parents come in.