Squid games and 10/11 year olds

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My DD is year 6, she comes home every day talking about squid games because her whole class are obsessed.

she then asked if she could watch it, I had never watched it so I put on episode 1 last night just for me to watch to see if it was suitable.

I am shocked at how many 10 year olds are watching this ? I know today I will have the debate with daughter who claim life is so unfair and she won’t fit in if she doesn’t watch it.

anyone else let their 10 year olds watch it ?

We're having the exact same battle with DS11. It's a no here, but the whining about it is constanttttttt

Does it really fucking matter that the op added an S?

Not appropriate at all

I don’t have kids so don’t have the same skin in the (squid) game, but as a fan of the series I have found Netflix’s marketing of it depressing and exploitative. They have absolutely gone for the meme/ Fortnite based market in a way that is the antithesis of the shows anti-late stage capitalism message. I think it’s a lot less visceral than Game of Thrones (for example), but it’s an adult drama with adult themes, good characterisation and is actually quite funny and tender in parts. It is absolutely not suitable for kids. I think children will naturally latch on to the imagery of the pink soldiers/ RLGL doll etc (god knows I was obsessed by Freddy Kruger as a little girl in the 80s, but haven’t seen that movie to this day), but NF have aggressively mined that angle in a way that leaves a bad taste.

Me and my nephew had falling out as he said he was playing GTA at his friends cos they were all playing it all the time. I asked him to show me and he was just driving around getting attested

what kids say and what they see are very different. squid game is disturbing and would stay with a child for a long time so it’s a no from me

I’m not sure parents are, I think a lot of kids are watching YouTube videos and seeing it on video games and saying they are watching it.

My yr6 dd said her friend had watched it, I absolutely don’t believe her parents would let her, I’m guessing she’s seen bits on you tube and is pretending she has.

Im relaxed on age limits, I know my children and what they can handle, I also enjoy Squid Games but absolutely NOT. My DDs know I’d let them watch it if I thought it was ok, but I’ve told them I will consider when they are about 14, they understand it must be bad for me to say that and haven’t asked me again.

I have logged a safeguarding concern and called parents when Upper ks2 have been watching it.

Frankly I think that is an astonishing waste of resources when safeguarding teams are overwhelmed as it is with cases of serious physical and emotional abuse.

I hope dealing with an 11 year old watching a 15 rated TV show has not taken resources away from dealing with serious concerns 😔

You don't know what you are talking about!
School staff have to log this sort of thing on CPoMS the child protection system, for review by the safeguarding lead and also the local authority. In this case I was told to call parents to make them aware.

Nope. And our 14 year old isn’t allowed either. Sadistic violence and the physical and emotional torture of humans is t considered appropriate for kids in our house.
’everyone’ may be claiming they’ve watched it but I doubt many have - whe. The 1st series came out our D.C. was 12 and claimed ‘everyone’ was watching it- quick check in with parents proved they weren’t! Just boasting about watching it - esp the boys.
Theres enough info out there on SM and reviews and trailers etc for kids to be able to pretend that they’ve seen it.

It should be an 18 not 15 with that level of violence. Some of the new series eps are 18s.

And you believe A the would parents know, and B they would admit it to you even if they did know?

This shocked me too.

I recently watched the squid games series - actually really enjoyed them but was horrified my ten year old knew all about it, from what he hears at school. 13DDs friends have watched it too.

There is no way I would let them watch this, I'm fairly relaxed about DD watching some older stuff - hunger games and stranger things for example. But the sex scene and the brutality of squid games is too much, I think it should be an 18.

Kids had been asking too so I watched the first two episodes and was floored that kids have seen a whole series of this without their parents knowing. Totally unsuitable and 17yo even laughed at 10yo watching it, said that was ridiculous

It's so gory. No way. Im just let my 14 watch it, with me. It's rates a 15 which I find quite shocking- that it's not an 18. He's able to process it now and is level headed. All his friends had already watched it. But any younger no way. My autistic son, never!

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I wonder if these kids have been watching the reality TV version on Netflix where people get eliminated by being squirted with ink and no-one dies. My kids have seen this. They have definitely not watched the version where 400+ people get screen. Though they do know this was the concept in the original version.

Bloody hell I'm not even sure Squid Game is suitable for ME and I'm 40! So so violent. Can't imagine why anyone would let their primary school child watch it! I love the ethical dilemmas and the cleverness and the questions around morality it throws up - but it is so graphic and heartless. I think maybe for a 14 year old who wasn't excessively sensitive, watching it WITH a parent, it MIGHT be OK. But a 10 year old? Not a bloody chance.

No fecking way. Wouldn't let my mature 10yo (horror films i was terrified of are 'boring'). Not for a 10yo!!!!!!

Stranger things FAR more wholesome/sci fi excitement! than Squid Games.. my now 12yo DS has watched from the beginning an loves it - squid games... no chance he's watching it soon...

Oh @HamptonPlace I agree objectively.... but she is very upset by things she can empathise with (teenagers would have seemed too "real" as they're "like her") and she'd have been really shaken by the monsters coming up out of places and the idea of there being an "upside down" - when she was 6 she had an idea that we are in a simulation / computer game / alternate reality and is still unsettled by it... even sometimes by mirrors and she was really upset by the film Coraline at aged 11. Definitely shows why it's important to know your kid and watch it WITH them so you can 1. Turn it off if needed and 2. Discuss it.

Main takeaway from Squid Games was that if she's ever in trouble with money or the police, come to us and we will help her. Don't start doing anything dodgy!

Truman Show syndrome! Also named 10yo daughter after that film (bought her the book a few days ago!), and she finds it too scary! :)

My husband watched this lastnight and he complained about the level of violence in it.

I don’t even let my 14yo watch it! Parents giving in to their kids because “everyone else does” is a big problem with children being exposed to things (eg computer games, films, tv) that aren’t suitable and could affect their mental health and well-being and warping their sense of what is normal and acceptable.

To be fair it’s pretty well documented what kind of show it is by this point! What was he expecting 😁??

You don't even? I would hope that any decent parent wouldn't let their 14 year old watch it!