I had this issue with my 11 year old Son. Kai used to play on the game at my mum and dads on my brothers PS2, he only used to do certain missions but he still used to play on it. He asked my mum for the game for his PSP and she bought it for him without asking me. Obviously when the game turned up in his bedroom and I caught him playing on it I wasn't happy!! In my opinion the game isn't appropriate for a child of that age to play due to the content of some of the missions. One of them on the game for the PSP includes the 'Gangster' getting a blowjob under the desk and it is quite explicit. Maybe I'm a prude but I don't think it's appropriate for an 11/12 year old to be exposed to material like that at that age. He'll have plenty of time to play on games like that when he's older and when he's better able to understand the content.