To contact the Head about the Five Nights at Freddys craze?

[nikki1978]

Or am I overreacting?

DD told me on Friday that children are playing this game in the computer room at school. At lunchtimes each year group gets a day every week where they can use the computer room with a teacher supervising. This Five Nights game is very popular and DD saw some kids playing it again so mentioned it to the teacher as she finds it very frightening (has nightmares regularly about it) and thought the others shouldn't be playing it. The teacher had a quick look and said "it isn't violent so it's fine" .

Other parents have said that their kids have had nightmares about it. I don't know if it has a rating but I don't think it is appropriate especially when you read the backstory of what the game is based on! Here

I am concerned also about what else the children might be accessing if this is available to them while supervised.

Should I go and see her about this?

Why do you need to see the head?
Cant you call the school and let them know or send an email?

My ds saw it at a friednds house and was really freaked. Went back to going to bed at the same time as his little brother and persuaded him to shared his bed as he was so scared.

I think its a 15.

It is pretty informal and I can just pop in and tell her about it as easily as I can send an email. Although I might do that actually - easier to get my point across.

Oh it is a 15? Extra ammo then!

I don't think it has an actual age rating

My 9 year old was slightly freaked after seeing it on a RECEPTION kid's tablet. I did Google it, couldn't find a rating tho. Have tried it, it's crap lol, but I can see how it could upset a youngster (and have told DS just to walk away if anyone starts playing it and he doesn't want to). I wouldn't be happy with him being exposed to it at school tbh.

Yes you are right it doesn't - DH found this though.

www.commonsensemedia.org/app-reviews/five-nights-at-freddys/user-reviews/adult

My DS 7 has said he has had nightmares about this game.
He's never played it, but watches youtube vids of Minecraft games (Thanks stampy!) and I'm assuming he's clicked on one of the youtube clips of someone playing the game.
I can see how some would say it's not that frightening, but at the beginning there's the voicemail from the guy hiring saying how the characters will shove you into a suit filled with metal bars etc - THIS thought and waiting for it to happen could freak a child out easily. I don't think its an appropriate game for young children at all.

DS - AGED 7 sorry

How old is your DD and why was she watching her peers play a game that gives her nightmares?

How strange to see this thread, I played it tonight for the first time on the insistence of my daughter. It's scary; not gory. We nearly jumped off the sofa at one point. Much too scary for little kids.

You can watch someone playing the demo here

It's pretty scary... I would maybe show the teacher.

Watching this triggered nightmares and anxiety for my 9yo DS.

How old is your DD?

Just looked on the Amazon appstore and it says guidance suggested, but no age recommendations are given. Agree that just because something isn't violent it can still be too scary to be suitable for children.

But if it doesn't bother the children who are playing it, is it fair to make them stop? The OP's DD doesn't have to play or watch others play, does she?

It scared my ds too. He didn't play it but unfortunately saw Dan TDM playing it on you tube.

But if it doesn't bother the children who are playing it, is it fair to make them stop? The OP's DD doesn't have to play or watch others play, does she

My DS saw it over his sister's shoulder.

Since then we've had months of him being terrified to go upstairs on his own...

I also blame stampy out his mate Dan the guys who do the minecraft vlogs. My ds was talking about it and how apparently 'all' the kids at school we're playing it, so I did some research and the general consensus was that 14 was probably ok but def not suitable for primary age - my ds is 10. Luckily he is reasonably sensible!

Stampy and his mate Dan - doh

She is 10 and a nervous child so I accept that others may not find it as frightening as she does. She wasn't watching her friends playing it the other day she just saw it when she looked over. I also think she has seen it on stampylongnose videos. I have blocked youtube at home to stop them watching minecraft videos as this type of stuff seems to be cropping up.

Anyway I have emailed the head letting her know what is being played and my personal opinion on it and just asked if she could review the situation. I didn't say this must stop but I think she should be informed so she can decide if it is appropriate or not. I will encourage dd to play outside in the meantime if it upsets her this much.

DS is 8yo, he and all his friends play it. It's atmospheric and jump scary, so I can see it causing nightmares for some children. But it isn't violent, there's no swearing and they all love it (to the extent that he dressed up as Foxy last Halloween, that was a PITA costume to make).

There is no age rating on it. YANBU to let the Head know OP, but I'm not sure what she can do about it. If school is anything like it was when I attended, one word from her will have all the children downloading it.

Well the school have looked and agreed it isn't appropriate. Kids are accessing it through the coding programme scratch which they are now looking at they may be accessing other things through it that are more inappropriate but it slips through the firewall this way.