Fucking hell am I disturbed...

I was sub 10 when I watched god knows how many hideous horrors and actually quite enjoyed them but that was down to shit parenting. I wouldn't let my kids play this! (Not calling you a shit parent, just saying mine were!).

I wouldn't worry too much. I watched the hellraiser movies from around that age and I'm relatively normal 😁

My elder 2 have played this for a few years I think. I've watched through the whole gameplay of some of the spin off games with dc2 to make sure it was acceptable, dc1 and I watched the film together.

I actually watch gameplay of any game the kids want, and read up online to vet it first. I really do recommend doing this.

I was uncomfortable with the special delivery game because that put them in your house through your camera and a)I don't know if it's secure and b)I thought it might blur the fiction/reality lines a little too much.

I think people underestimate the lore/backstory their kids have access to on the Internet through YouTube etc. With or without lax parenting.

I wouldn't let my 6bor 8 year old play it, but they know some of the songs about it. There are some quite catchy ones. My 12 and 14 year olds have kind of outgrown it.

I am a massive horror film and game fan though so that probably makes a difference.

I wish I'd led as sheltered a life as you.

DS also likes Anime books and films. Jeepers, some of those stories - aimed at his age cohort - are insanely violent and disturbing.

Surprised me too but there were a lot of families.

It's aimed at young teens. Went to the cinemato see the film with 13 year old who hates being scared. Wasn't scary really. There were lots of 6/7/8 year olds who weren't fazed at all. 👻Don't know what the game is like; she hasn't interest in that.

And, of course, none of us oldies were watching Friday 13th or Nightmare on Elm St back in the 80s...

The gameplay of Five Nights at Freddie's isn't about the backstory, it's about the tension and jump scares. Totally normal teenage stuff.

It's really just the crushing people into mince that bothered me that much

Well, that sort of thing also happens in Tom & Jerry or RoadRunner cartoons too. The tone of FNAF is basically no more realistic than that, honestly. It's just as daft.

Your son would learn grimmer stuff than that on a school trip to the Tower of London.

The first Goosebumps book is more scary. Meh, some children like horror.

I think 11-12 is when a lot of kids go through their horror phase. When I was that age we were all watching things like The Ring at sleepovers and reading lots of Stephen King.

I think adults tend to find it more disturbing than kids because they overthink it. To teens it’s just over-the-top cartoonish horror with jump scares, they’re not really thinking about actual real life child abductions and murders and relating them to the game.

My 8 Yr old can already bypass parental controls without any bother, he had also taught his little brother how to do it. His dad is something of a tech brain box and can't keep him out. I can't ban all tech, that's where his homework is.

Did you type that with a straight face?

'They know. They're really lax with parenting.'

They probabaly think you are too!!! Your DS is 13, why this type of stuff is normlised is beyond me.

Five Nights At Freddy's?!

LOL. The game isn't particularly scary - it just makes you jump a bit. It's teen-friendly. Honestly, the back story you've just related is basically the level of a Goosebumps book, too, or the origin story of Batman villains. Your child's 13. Kids read Stephen King etc at that age.

I think you're really overreacting to this. It's teen-friendly horror, not Henry Portrait Of A Serial Killer.

Don't watch Horrible Histories, that's my tip for you.

It’s an irregular verb.

I am gentle.
You are relaxed.
She is lax.

Have you seen the film OP?

The game doesn't really push the backstory. DH (who likes CoD ect) plays it sometimes but can only manage 10 mins or so because it freaks him out so much 😂

Especially that bloody fox - running down the corridor ..... 😫

Five Nights At Freddy’s?

It’s a horror game. If you have an issue with that stuff, take a bit more interest in what your child is playing.

DH was happy for the kids to play anything he played and vetted first, I was strict on age ratings. People have different thresholds. I think the one thing you did wrong was to wait so long to find out about it.

Coincidentally my teen was just recently regaling me with the back story of Five Nights At Freddy's. I was fairly grossed out too but fortunately he isn't a fan and doesn't play it, he just likes learning about games.

If my DS bypassed parent set controls and did what he wanted anyway, I'd be disturbed.

But you're allowing your child to continue the game knowing the back story so why do you say the other parents are lax with parenting?