As a parent and a worker in a school,

[vixma]

As a parent and a worker in a school, how should I deal with children who whatch 18 films. It is wrong and the law says it is wrong and the schools have to be carefull with this as they cannot upsut parent, even though we have children effected with what they watch. What should be done?

I would be very, very pissed off if I watched, say, Billy Elliot with a sensible 11 year old only to find this sort of thing going on at school.

Vixma, what do you do in the school? I assume you're not a teacher.

My sisters are TA's & it would be in their best interest to tell the school anything like this. I'm not sure how it would stand if you were to interfere & you maybe were a dinnerlady or a caretaker?? Is it still under your job description to watch out for stuff like this??

If so, then I would talk to the most understanding teacher there is

Duh sorry I may be getting people confused I am saying senco in my posts as in my school the senco and the child protection officer are the same person.Just to clarify (am also on 3rd glass of wine doesnt help).

Also in our school ALL staff are given the same child protection training dinnerstaff,supervisories,cleaners everyone.

As a teacher, if a child dicloses something to you like watching graphic horror films at a young age, the law says we HAVE to report it to Child Protection Officer.

Basically even if they just mention it in passing, we are obliged to act on it. The law has really really tightened up in this area, to the extent that if one of my pupils (secondary) disclosed going out with an older man that has to be reported, as does anyone who meets boyfriend through chat room.

Vixma - If the children are affected by what they watch and this matter can be evidenced . i.e their bevhaviour , they tell you it has upset them and it is just not your opionon/assumption then it should be reported under Child Protection.

I would be interested in this as I have recently in last 6 months started working in a childrens setting .

When I helped out as a parent helper in my child's primary school the children were often boasting about the "18" films they had seen. I didn't tell them they mustn't watch them but I did not let them discuss anything about the content of the films. I also told their class teacher but I don't know what she did.

I am not a dinner lady or a caretaker, however I brought this up as I thought it would be an intresting debate as it is intresting to hear others approaches to this subject.

I'm also a parent who works within school, if a child has informed you that they are watching movies that have an age limit you should inform a member of the safeguarding team who will then c poms it. You should only state word for word what they child has told you. The safe guarding team will then decide whether to inform the parents or not.

This thread is 17 years old. Any child involved is now over 21

Indeed I had a three month old baby when this thread was started, he's 18 on Boxing day!🤣🤣

Standard line is: If your parents let you watch it, that's their decision, but don't discuss it with anyone else.

If they've watched something particularly concerning I would discuss this with the parent and follow safeguarding procedures depending on their response.

At my kids school we had a letter to the parents saying kids had been imitating games from squidgame, and how inappropriate it was that they are watching it! The game in question was red light, green light. The kids had actually learnt about the game via roblox, none that I knew had watched squidgame

I thought the early comment that involved woolworths was a bit odd...

And kids watching DVD,s 🤣