Help with Fortnite and DS please!

[LakesandTarns]

My ds is 10, I let him play Fortnite with the condition that his only friends are kids that he knows. This is made up of 4 friends from school and his cousin.

I’ve just gone in to the living room and checked his friend list ( I haven’t done it for a few weeks) and he had 5 friend he didn’t know.

He says they’re just other kids and has got upset with me for making him delete/unfriend them. As the deal about Fortnite was that he only played with people he knew.

Am I being harsh about this? Tbh, I’m a bit cross that he went against me and made friends with strangers, but I don’t know if it’s just one of those things?!

He broke your rules... That's the end of it.
I wouldn't allow this... But then again I don't allow either fortnite or playing with others on games while primary age.

You can change his settings so he can't add or be added to friends lists.
There is a difference between friends he doesn't know and friends you don't know, they could easily be friends from school.
However your rules were that he wasn't allowed to add friends and he broke that so you did the right thing.
Mine have to ask and prove they know the child from school, before adding a friend.

Our 10 and 11 year olds play games online and we also said only friend people you know. However they soon ended up with friends such as their cousins best mate, and siblings of friends. We do allow this but not complete randomers

Yeah, I wouldn't mind that so much @IVEgottheDECAF, as long as they're not some total stranger who could be a fake child!

TBH, this is all new to me @happytoday73, he's had the switch since christmas (1st console) and Fortnite since the start of the holidays as he says that his friends play it and keep in touch on it, which to be fair he's right about. He hasn't seen his best friend from school all holiday but he has spoken to him on Fortnite regularly. I like that he's able to interact with his friends despite not seeing them. His cousin too, who lives 4hrs away. But, I'm still navigating the ins and outs of it all and it does make me nervous