Found this bloody weird note….

They’re usually “indy” games made by a couple of people and with very little info available about them.

Oooh, The Ink Black Heart! Terrible things will happen to the inventor couple, whose game concept has been hijacked by manipulative weirdos with very bad motives. Guaranteed.

CONSEQUENCES

• “The baby went out the back door and is lighting a bonfire.”
• “The children froze solid when they sat on the floor.”
• “The juice is acid and it ate through the blue cup.”
• “Turn on the TV, it's telling my secrets.”

Please send help

That sounds like a list of things people remember their grandma saying. It’s not a list on instructions as some are long term advice, others are reminders before going on holiday. I wouldn’t worry. It’s probably from a school assignment or something he picked up somewhere accidentally.

😂😂😂😂

This is brilliant 😂😂👏👏

Mind you, he always was an annoying little bastard. I’m not surprised.

I concede the point. I am 52 and my kids (well apart from my youngest) didnt really grow up in the world kids are in now.

And thats what makes me worry for my youngest who is 14. At least the older ones (five of them, all 20+) didnt have the tiktok type stuff going on. Silly pranks were the ice bucket challenge etc, it wasnt the kind of thing that you would expect to see in an 18+ movie (thinking Saw etc)

How is it not.relevant - you said a 10 year old doesn't have privacy from their parents - which i assumed extended to their communications? If your child develops a secret list of codes with their friends do you read it? Or do you respect their privacy?

Yes, I suspect that’s exactly what it is. A classmate playing a horror game off of Steam and copying out the note from the game. It sounds like instructions from one of those games where the player is trapped in a house and has to do or not do certain random things in order to survive the ghost/murderer/other antagonist.

My younger brother went through a stint of playing these (and telling me about them 😂). They’re usually “indy” games made by a couple of people and with very little info available about them.

Perhaps you aren't familiar with the kind of silly rules-based horror stories kids love to read?

In them, people have to meticulously follow lists of rules that mysteriously appear in their house/car/washing machine ... or they die.

No Sleep on reddit has dozens and dozens of these corny stories.

Goosebumps books (remember those? Silly horror novellas for kids) would also have mysterious rules, coded letters, or newspaper articles where the first letter of every paragraph would spell out some terrifying warning about your imminent demise.

Unlike this post. In this post, if you read the first initials of every paragraph, they spell out the name of your murderer.

🐧

An average 10 year old will have notes, adventures and plans with their friends at school that a parent will know nothing about. It's a normal part of development. I remember going away with a group of friends with kids all about this age and the first thing they did was find their hiding place and started developing their secret codes and passwords.

That Is odd. It’s probably nothing so try not to worry but it is a bizarre note.

You’re overthinking this.

He stole the figurine and the note from some other kid who splits time between two houses.

It screams 10 year old child who has heard all these things and is repeating them during a silly game. Kids come home with all sorts of shit at that age.

I can’t believe how dramatic some people are being lol!
It looks like a silly game they were playing and probably can’t remember. Kids have the best imaginations. Chill out.

It reads like the sort of stuff we had to take down and read back when I was learning shorthand.

Yes teens now. And of course I made them clean out their own bags - not saying it didn't take a few back and forths of inspections and try agains at that age. Why wouldn't I?
I don't agree with monitoring every aspect of their lives, we have open communication about what they are doing on their phones and we agree what limits they need. And I trust in my ability to know what they are going through based on that communication. I think anyone that thinks they know everything their children are up to by combing through the random bits and pieces of paper they find and by monitoring their phone closely are fooling themselves. The more closely kids are montiored the better they are at hiding things. Much better to equip them wirh the tools they need, which includes giving them privacy to develop.

I'm with @InWalksBarbarella

Children need some mental agency, freedom, playtime, privacy, silliness.

A darkweb paedo isn't lurking in the schoolbag or the blazer pocket.

But the envelope title …

Actually no, the envelope doesn’t indicate that … could be some weird childish prank

Could be a handwriting exercise - some other kids?

"Do kids not have any privacy anymore" no they fucking dont or they shouldnt. Not at ten years old. And for very good reason. Why on earth do you think that any decent parent has full control over their kids phone? Because the world is full of horrible people, adult and child aged, and we need to protect them.

"Dont tell anyone our secret" is exactly what abusers say to their child victims. Cleaning out a childs school bag is hardly invading their privacy (and the idea that a ten year old boy would do it himself upon being told is nothing short of hilarious).

Do you even fucking have kids?! If you do, you need to educate yourself about the risks to them.