Squid games

[Poppetts1234]

I know a mum that allows her 9 year old to watch this.

I’m really interested to see how many parents are ok with this?

AIBU to be a bit shocked about this?

Yes I should mind my own business but I’d be really interested to hear others opinions

Poverty is unfortunately widely recognized as a risk factor in neglect cases. Yes it’s not the only risk factor but unfortunately the statistics are higher.
I am I realise stereotyping

They have so many strict rules in Korea regarding what they are allowed to show and funnily enough, there's barely any swearing.
I found this quite funny. We watched it with subtitles and they said loads of thing like "gosh", which I assume are replaced with stronger words in the dubbed version.

@Poppetts1234 I think it’s child neglect- it’s so sad
Anyone that thinks this is ok should be ashamed of themselves
Maybe it’s a class thing?

What do you mean by “it’s a class thing?” Do you mean middle class parents who give their DC iPads without supervising them and putting on parental controls?

I agree it’s child neglect. I don’t think under 14s should watch Squid Game. Lots of graphic torture scenes and really emotional. It’s a great show though!

I’m not sure if it’s a class thing… for every working class kid who is sitting there watching it with their parent or on their own I’d bet there are also lots of middle and upper class kids who are watching it in their own rooms on their expensive gadgets whilst their parents are either out and the nanny doesn’t have a clue what they’re doing or their parents are at work! I think this sort of stuff goes across all class cultures. It’s the fact it’s just so easily accessible now and people don’t seem to pay any attention to what their children do online (generalising I know). Everyone keeps saying it’s on tik tok like oh that’s okay then… don’t let your young child have tik tok then! My 9 year old doesn’t have any social media / tik tok. At all.

@Poppetts1234

Poverty is unfortunately widely recognized as a risk factor in neglect cases. Yes it’s not the only risk factor but unfortunately the statistics are higher. I am I realise stereotyping

OP, it’s middle class people giving their DC iPads to shut them up. Zero supervision and parental controls. These DC have access to videos and games they shouldn’t be watching. People in poverty can’t afford iPads.

I found this quite funny. We watched it with subtitles and they said loads of thing like "gosh", which I assume are replaced with stronger words in the dubbed version

Haha I agree. I remember one character calling another one a silly brat or something along those lines. I was thinking, I'm sure that is not what she really said.

There is a tiktok of an English woman who speaks fluent Korean and has highlighted that so many words have been lost in translation. Tiny details that really do affect the story.

I've watched quite a few k dramas. One called strangers from hell, which was an 18, about a gang of serial killers and not one of them swore!

Jesus - I let my 9 year old watch the first 30 minutes of sleepy hollow (we were going to the Halloween party at Disney World and he wanted to know who the headless horsemen was) I remembered it being a bit like Edward Scissors hands. It wasn’t. We turned it off when the horseman rode his horse out of a pile of heads. I still didn’t think it was that bad but I got a phone call at work from his school and was told they had completed a green form (for safeguarding) because I had let him watch a 15!

@Poppetts1234

Poverty is unfortunately widely recognized as a risk factor in neglect cases. Yes it’s not the only risk factor but unfortunately the statistics are higher. I am I realise stereotyping

Mumsnet isn't really full of people in poverty, it's a generally middle class forum.

Maybe it’s a class thing?

What? haha!

People in poverty do have iPads or some sort of tablet. And most have the internet. The whole idea of poverty is completely different nowadays. There are lots of grant schemes and low income ways to fund an Ipad. (I know, we are a low income family managing on tax credits and disability benefits)!

@Poppetts1234

Poverty is unfortunately widely recognized as a risk factor in neglect cases. Yes it’s not the only risk factor but unfortunately the statistics are higher. I am I realise stereotyping

What class do you consider mum teacher/deputy head and dad owns his own business? Their 9 yo watches it, that's why my 9 yo asked to watch it. I said no after i watched a few clips.

@lawofdistraction 'Why can't you wait until she's in bed to watch it? This is such bloody dreadful parenting'

Oh do be quiet! Who do you think you are to pass judgement on my parenting and another thing, why in the world would you think I'd give a fuck? The OP asked a question, I answered it. Every parent and every child is different, keep your judgements to yourself, no one asked for them.

I'm pretty shocked by the people saying their kids watched it without their knowledge because they knew the parental control code. I understand that you might allow your child to watch something that's behind the parental controls but YOU put the passcode in and press play. It's pretty stupid to give them the code so they can watch what they want. And then to let them carry on watching...
Dread to think what lack of internet firewalls some parents are using.

What class do you consider mum teacher/deputy head and dad owns his own business?

Anyone can "own a business" so that doesn't say anything at all. You can work part-time from home as a freelancer and call that your business or have tons of employees but still make a loss which means that your household income is not much higher than someone else doing a salaried job.

There is a tiktok of an English woman who speaks fluent Korean and has highlighted that so many words have been lost in translation. Tiny details that really do affect the story.

I saw the same one and it was very interesting!! There was a comment from a person who does film translations and apparently it's also down the very strict rules. They are only allowed a certain number of characters per line or words per second so complex phrases sometimes have to get left out. However there are apparently two different subtitle options (English and English CC). The normal version is just a caption of the dubbed speech which is presumably less accurate. The CC version has original audio and foreign subtitles that are more true to form.

[quote whentheearthchanged]@lawofdistraction 'Why can't you wait until she's in bed to watch it? This is such bloody dreadful parenting'

Oh do be quiet! Who do you think you are to pass judgement on my parenting and another thing, why in the world would you think I'd give a fuck? The OP asked a question, I answered it. Every parent and every child is different, keep your judgements to yourself, no one asked for them. [/quote]
That is exactly what this post is about, people judging whether allowing a 9 year old to watch Squid Game is acceptable (it isn’t). I doubt you’ll find anyone else on this thread (other than other fellow dim-wits who can’t carry out basic parenting) who agree with you. Why are you so desperate for your 8yr old to watch it? Or is it just that you can’t be bothered to ensure she isn’t in the room with you when you watch it? It’s hardly teatime viewing, innit.

@JesusIsAnyNameFree

I thought the trailer was OK, it looks very good actually! I absolutely loved GOT and just covered my eyes for anything really bad, so maybe I will give this a go after all.

Allowing your kids to watch stuff that is not designed for them and has adult themes is shot parenting. Letting a 9 year old watch Game of Thrones? I don't think so.

Shot parenting, not shot!

Shit! Argh!

I have got a new phone and it hasn't worked out how sweary I am yet!

. I doubt you’ll find anyone else on this thread (other than other fellow dim-wits who can’t carry out basic parenting) who agree with you.

The whole reason there is even a thread on here is because there are parents who, shockingly, disagree with your rather dim witted idea that you know how much violence your child is exposed to. My ds9 has just shown me 2 of the games from squid game are on roblox. He knows what it's about and the same for dd11. I don't think squid game (so far, I'm on episode 3) is any worse to many of the games they play.

My ds9 has just shown me 2 of the games from squid game are on roblox. He knows what it's about and the same for dd11. I don't think squid game (so far, I'm on episode 3) is any worse to many of the games they play
I don't think that is an argument for watching squid game, its an argument against letting them play those games.

@Sometimeswinning

. I doubt you’ll find anyone else on this thread (other than other fellow dim-wits who can’t carry out basic parenting) who agree with you.

The whole reason there is even a thread on here is because there are parents who, shockingly, disagree with your rather dim witted idea that you know how much violence your child is exposed to. My ds9 has just shown me 2 of the games from squid game are on roblox. He knows what it's about and the same for dd11. I don't think squid game (so far, I'm on episode 3) is any worse to many of the games they play.

Kids watch people getting their brains blown out in Roblox? I wouldn't know, my kids don't have it now since the online safety aspect of it was shown to be dodgy.

This idea that its just oh so difficult to prevent your primary school aged child from being exposed to unsuitable material is just crap - I've seen it in real life as well. People with zero parental controls on anything, taking no notice of what they are actually doing on their devices and then surprised and upset at what their kids end up coming across online.

Laughing at the idea that Squid Game is no worse than Minecraft.

@User5490453456 thanks for sharing the spoilers - I won't share them with my 16yo, but I will warn her. Perhaps all the parents allowing younger teens to watch should themselves first watch the last episode?

I don't think squid game (so far, I'm on episode 3) is any worse to many of the games they play

What happens when episode 4 / 5 / 6 etc isn't fine, and has a level of violence, sex and horror that you think isn't acceptable? You've already given her permission to watch the show, and she's seen some traumatic scenes in the first episode, so what happens then? Do you say no? Fast forward the parts you don't want her to watch? Claim it's not suitable, despite letting her watch almost half the series?

@Rollergirl11 this is where you are getting confused, it's not up to you to decide whether other people's parenting is acceptable. In YOUR opinion it's not, but you are not god and don't get to pass judgement. Unless you're perfect of course.

You don’t have to be a perfect parent to realise that letting a 9 year old watch squid game is just shitty parenting.