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Anonymous wrote:Can a 10 and 13 year old handle, or for adults only?

Adults only. The first episode does a mass execution style scene. Blood and all.

IMO I would be fine with my 12 year old watching it. It's just entertainment

I watched it with my 10 year old. There is one sex scene that was easy for me to hide from her-- it's pretty obvious it's about to happen so had her turn her back while I fast forwarded.

The violence is fine. While graphic, the circumstances and the way it's done are more shockingly gory than scary or emotional. For the most part.

The really adult aspects of it are just the moral quandaries that kids might find boring or not really get in all their nuance.

If the extreme violence is fine for your 10 yr old, then the sex scene shouldn't have been a problem. It’s all just entertainment as someone else said.

PP you are responding to. First, this is kid specific. It's obviously not appropriate for lots, maybe most kids this age. My kid is just not one who gets scared easily. She did turn her head away at certain things, but so did I. She mostly finds gory things intriguing and with doctors in the family, that's kind of unremarkable.

There is suspense in Squid Game, but there is nothing realistic about it that would cause someone to transfer a fear of violence from the show to their own lives. The whole scenario is this cartoonish, unrealistic game. None of the violence is anything she can relate to. (YYMV for kids who are very aware and frightened by school shootings. My kid is not.) I would not let her watch any kind of show that depicted violence that can might happen in real life, or even shows that depict other coercive/hurtful events.

As for the (bathroom) sex scene, I told her to look away and muted it. She knows what sex is but doesn't need to see a trashy depiction of it. I told there was sex, and we talked about why it happened-- what the players were trying to achieve. She hasn't seen the entire series, so I will skip past the other scene in a way she won't realize. "Oops, bedtime! Let's stop here and pick up where we left off tomorrow." She won't realize I've actually fast forwarded a little past that spot.

Which gets to the other main point-- deciding whether to let your child watch it is not just about drawing a line to avoid exposure to sex or violence. It's also about what the show has to offer-- moral dilemmas, survival and game strategies, depictions of economic inequality. (And actually, the most disturbing aspect of the show is the brutal and realistic backstories of the characters' economic desperation that brought them to the game in the first place.) It's been really fascinating to watch with her and has generated some good discussions. We often play "would you rather," so for us Squid Game has become a prompt for extending those conversations into more sophisticated territory.

I would absolutely say that for children in this age range, they should watch with a parent, not by themselves. We pause frequently to discuss what's happening and why characters are making the choices they make.

The mental gymnastics you’re doing is ridiculous. If gratuitous violence is ok then so is gratuitous sex.

PP gave a very thoughtful answer that reflects, imho, a sensible approach to parenting. This glib response doesn't do that answer any kind of justice at all.

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Anonymous wrote:Can a 10 and 13 year old handle, or for adults only?

Adults only. The first episode does a mass execution style scene. Blood and all.

IMO I would be fine with my 12 year old watching it. It's just entertainment

I watched it with my 10 year old. There is one sex scene that was easy for me to hide from her-- it's pretty obvious it's about to happen so had her turn her back while I fast forwarded.

The violence is fine. While graphic, the circumstances and the way it's done are more shockingly gory than scary or emotional. For the most part.

The really adult aspects of it are just the moral quandaries that kids might find boring or not really get in all their nuance.

If the extreme violence is fine for your 10 yr old, then the sex scene shouldn't have been a problem. It’s all just entertainment as someone else said.

PP you are responding to. First, this is kid specific. It's obviously not appropriate for lots, maybe most kids this age. My kid is just not one who gets scared easily. She did turn her head away at certain things, but so did I. She mostly finds gory things intriguing and with doctors in the family, that's kind of unremarkable.

There is suspense in Squid Game, but there is nothing realistic about it that would cause someone to transfer a fear of violence from the show to their own lives. The whole scenario is this cartoonish, unrealistic game. None of the violence is anything she can relate to. (YYMV for kids who are very aware and frightened by school shootings. My kid is not.) I would not let her watch any kind of show that depicted violence that can might happen in real life, or even shows that depict other coercive/hurtful events.

As for the (bathroom) sex scene, I told her to look away and muted it. She knows what sex is but doesn't need to see a trashy depiction of it. I told there was sex, and we talked about why it happened-- what the players were trying to achieve. She hasn't seen the entire series, so I will skip past the other scene in a way she won't realize. "Oops, bedtime! Let's stop here and pick up where we left off tomorrow." She won't realize I've actually fast forwarded a little past that spot.

Which gets to the other main point-- deciding whether to let your child watch it is not just about drawing a line to avoid exposure to sex or violence. It's also about what the show has to offer-- moral dilemmas, survival and game strategies, depictions of economic inequality. (And actually, the most disturbing aspect of the show is the brutal and realistic backstories of the characters' economic desperation that brought them to the game in the first place.) It's been really fascinating to watch with her and has generated some good discussions. We often play "would you rather," so for us Squid Game has become a prompt for extending those conversations into more sophisticated territory.

I would absolutely say that for children in this age range, they should watch with a parent, not by themselves. We pause frequently to discuss what's happening and why characters are making the choices they make.

The mental gymnastics you’re doing is ridiculous. If gratuitous violence is ok then so is gratuitous sex.

PP gave a very thoughtful answer that reflects, imho, a sensible approach to parenting. This glib response doesn't do that answer any kind of justice at all.

Bc you think everything needs to be drawn out. It doesn’t.

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Anonymous wrote:Can a 10 and 13 year old handle, or for adults only?

Adults only. The first episode does a mass execution style scene. Blood and all.

IMO I would be fine with my 12 year old watching it. It's just entertainment

I watched it with my 10 year old. There is one sex scene that was easy for me to hide from her-- it's pretty obvious it's about to happen so had her turn her back while I fast forwarded.

The violence is fine. While graphic, the circumstances and the way it's done are more shockingly gory than scary or emotional. For the most part.

The really adult aspects of it are just the moral quandaries that kids might find boring or not really get in all their nuance.

If the extreme violence is fine for your 10 yr old, then the sex scene shouldn't have been a problem. It’s all just entertainment as someone else said.

PP you are responding to. First, this is kid specific. It's obviously not appropriate for lots, maybe most kids this age. My kid is just not one who gets scared easily. She did turn her head away at certain things, but so did I. She mostly finds gory things intriguing and with doctors in the family, that's kind of unremarkable.

There is suspense in Squid Game, but there is nothing realistic about it that would cause someone to transfer a fear of violence from the show to their own lives. The whole scenario is this cartoonish, unrealistic game. None of the violence is anything she can relate to. (YYMV for kids who are very aware and frightened by school shootings. My kid is not.) I would not let her watch any kind of show that depicted violence that can might happen in real life, or even shows that depict other coercive/hurtful events.

As for the (bathroom) sex scene, I told her to look away and muted it. She knows what sex is but doesn't need to see a trashy depiction of it. I told there was sex, and we talked about why it happened-- what the players were trying to achieve. She hasn't seen the entire series, so I will skip past the other scene in a way she won't realize. "Oops, bedtime! Let's stop here and pick up where we left off tomorrow." She won't realize I've actually fast forwarded a little past that spot.

Which gets to the other main point-- deciding whether to let your child watch it is not just about drawing a line to avoid exposure to sex or violence. It's also about what the show has to offer-- moral dilemmas, survival and game strategies, depictions of economic inequality. (And actually, the most disturbing aspect of the show is the brutal and realistic backstories of the characters' economic desperation that brought them to the game in the first place.) It's been really fascinating to watch with her and has generated some good discussions. We often play "would you rather," so for us Squid Game has become a prompt for extending those conversations into more sophisticated territory.

I would absolutely say that for children in this age range, they should watch with a parent, not by themselves. We pause frequently to discuss what's happening and why characters are making the choices they make.

The mental gymnastics you’re doing is ridiculous. If gratuitous violence is ok then so is gratuitous sex.

The violence isn't gratuitous. It's integral to the show.

You make a good point, though. I am definitely less troubled by the violence than the sex, so I'm thinking about why that is.

Part of is that frankly, we're more inured to depictions of violence already. There are no video games (or war movies, for that matter) that depict graphic sex like they do graphic violence.

Also, the context for the violence is wholly fantastical. The sex in the bathroom stall is not. The violence is taking place in the middle of what looks like Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. It more like the violence you'd see in Star Wars than in any real life situation.

Hold up now. Have you actually watched Star Wars? Did you actually watch Squid Games? There is blood being shown and close up of headshots. They shot point blank anyone who doesn’t win the round. They show people hitting the ground and zoom in. This is more in line with John Wick not Star Wars. Star Wars is PG13 and no blood.

Yes, I watched both. Obviously Squid Game is far more graphic, but it's not more violent. They destroy a whole planet in Star Wars! My (I guess poorly made) point was that the SG scenario is cartoonish and unrealistic like SW, so the viewer is pretty detached when watching it, which makes the moral dilemmas, game strategy, and character development come to the fore.

I don't know if you're the poster who asked why be cautious about the sex but not the violence. I would ask, why be disturbed by the violence and not by the realistic economic situations of the characters? Because I can totally believe that you could find lots of people in similar circumstances that would subject themselves to a Squid Game for that kind of prize money.

SW shows nothing. It’s cartoonish Bc it’s completely unrealistic. It destroys a planet but you never see the bodies. Heck, when Padme gives birth there’s no blood.

Poor people are treated like crap every single day. So yeah, Squid Games is more realistic. It shows what happens if you get shot in the head, if you slice your neck, if you get pushed or fall from a high level, if a sniper shoots into a group, etc. It shows how desperate people can act in life and the choices some have to face. I’m aware of everything SG is trying to portray which is why I don’t think it’s appropriate for a 10 yr old.

And look how comfortable you are with that!

My analogy to SW is poor, I admit, but I don't watch enough action/violent shows to think of a better one. I do remember as a kid being disturbed by Willie Wonka, though, and the cavalier attitude toward the children who were getting hurt during the factory tour. It was treated with amusement or even ridicule. (She deserved to have her body turned into a giant purple grape because she was greedy and gluttonous!) I couldn't figure out why no one was concerned. In Squid Game, the violence is met with appropriate horror.

I agree it's not appropriate for most 10 year olds, as I said. My DD is unfazed by it. We did have a great conversation about selling organs, though, and why certain kinds of economic activity is immoral.

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Anonymous wrote:Can a 10 and 13 year old handle, or for adults only?

Adults only. The first episode does a mass execution style scene. Blood and all.

IMO I would be fine with my 12 year old watching it. It's just entertainment

I watched it with my 10 year old. There is one sex scene that was easy for me to hide from her-- it's pretty obvious it's about to happen so had her turn her back while I fast forwarded.

The violence is fine. While graphic, the circumstances and the way it's done are more shockingly gory than scary or emotional. For the most part.

The really adult aspects of it are just the moral quandaries that kids might find boring or not really get in all their nuance.

If the extreme violence is fine for your 10 yr old, then the sex scene shouldn't have been a problem. It’s all just entertainment as someone else said.

PP you are responding to. First, this is kid specific. It's obviously not appropriate for lots, maybe most kids this age. My kid is just not one who gets scared easily. She did turn her head away at certain things, but so did I. She mostly finds gory things intriguing and with doctors in the family, that's kind of unremarkable.

There is suspense in Squid Game, but there is nothing realistic about it that would cause someone to transfer a fear of violence from the show to their own lives. The whole scenario is this cartoonish, unrealistic game. None of the violence is anything she can relate to. (YYMV for kids who are very aware and frightened by school shootings. My kid is not.) I would not let her watch any kind of show that depicted violence that can might happen in real life, or even shows that depict other coercive/hurtful events.

As for the (bathroom) sex scene, I told her to look away and muted it. She knows what sex is but doesn't need to see a trashy depiction of it. I told there was sex, and we talked about why it happened-- what the players were trying to achieve. She hasn't seen the entire series, so I will skip past the other scene in a way she won't realize. "Oops, bedtime! Let's stop here and pick up where we left off tomorrow." She won't realize I've actually fast forwarded a little past that spot.

Which gets to the other main point-- deciding whether to let your child watch it is not just about drawing a line to avoid exposure to sex or violence. It's also about what the show has to offer-- moral dilemmas, survival and game strategies, depictions of economic inequality. (And actually, the most disturbing aspect of the show is the brutal and realistic backstories of the characters' economic desperation that brought them to the game in the first place.) It's been really fascinating to watch with her and has generated some good discussions. We often play "would you rather," so for us Squid Game has become a prompt for extending those conversations into more sophisticated territory.

I would absolutely say that for children in this age range, they should watch with a parent, not by themselves. We pause frequently to discuss what's happening and why characters are making the choices they make.

The mental gymnastics you’re doing is ridiculous. If gratuitous violence is ok then so is gratuitous sex.

The violence isn't gratuitous. It's integral to the show.

You make a good point, though. I am definitely less troubled by the violence than the sex, so I'm thinking about why that is.

Part of is that frankly, we're more inured to depictions of violence already. There are no video games (or war movies, for that matter) that depict graphic sex like they do graphic violence.

Also, the context for the violence is wholly fantastical. The sex in the bathroom stall is not. The violence is taking place in the middle of what looks like Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. It more like the violence you'd see in Star Wars than in any real life situation.

Hold up now. Have you actually watched Star Wars? Did you actually watch Squid Games? There is blood being shown and close up of headshots. They shot point blank anyone who doesn’t win the round. They show people hitting the ground and zoom in. This is more in line with John Wick not Star Wars. Star Wars is PG13 and no blood.

Yes, I watched both. Obviously Squid Game is far more graphic, but it's not more violent. They destroy a whole planet in Star Wars! My (I guess poorly made) point was that the SG scenario is cartoonish and unrealistic like SW, so the viewer is pretty detached when watching it, which makes the moral dilemmas, game strategy, and character development come to the fore.

I don't know if you're the poster who asked why be cautious about the sex but not the violence. I would ask, why be disturbed by the violence and not by the realistic economic situations of the characters? Because I can totally believe that you could find lots of people in similar circumstances that would subject themselves to a Squid Game for that kind of prize money.

SW shows nothing. It’s cartoonish Bc it’s completely unrealistic. It destroys a planet but you never see the bodies. Heck, when Padme gives birth there’s no blood.

Poor people are treated like crap every single day. So yeah, Squid Games is more realistic. It shows what happens if you get shot in the head, if you slice your neck, if you get pushed or fall from a high level, if a sniper shoots into a group, etc. It shows how desperate people can act in life and the choices some have to face. I’m aware of everything SG is trying to portray which is why I don’t think it’s appropriate for a 10 yr old.

And look how comfortable you are with that!

My analogy to SW is poor, I admit, but I don't watch enough action/violent shows to think of a better one. I do remember as a kid being disturbed by Willie Wonka, though, and the cavalier attitude toward the children who were getting hurt during the factory tour. It was treated with amusement or even ridicule. (She deserved to have her body turned into a giant purple grape because she was greedy and gluttonous!) I couldn't figure out why no one was concerned. In Squid Game, the violence is met with appropriate horror.

I agree it's not appropriate for most 10 year olds, as I said. My DD is unfazed by it. We did have a great conversation about selling organs, though, and why certain kinds of economic activity is immoral.

Don’t do that. I never once said I was comfortable with it.

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Anonymous wrote:Can a 10 and 13 year old handle, or for adults only?

Adults only. The first episode does a mass execution style scene. Blood and all.

IMO I would be fine with my 12 year old watching it. It's just entertainment

I watched it with my 10 year old. There is one sex scene that was easy for me to hide from her-- it's pretty obvious it's about to happen so had her turn her back while I fast forwarded.

The violence is fine. While graphic, the circumstances and the way it's done are more shockingly gory than scary or emotional. For the most part.

The really adult aspects of it are just the moral quandaries that kids might find boring or not really get in all their nuance.

If the extreme violence is fine for your 10 yr old, then the sex scene shouldn't have been a problem. It’s all just entertainment as someone else said.

PP you are responding to. First, this is kid specific. It's obviously not appropriate for lots, maybe most kids this age. My kid is just not one who gets scared easily. She did turn her head away at certain things, but so did I. She mostly finds gory things intriguing and with doctors in the family, that's kind of unremarkable.

There is suspense in Squid Game, but there is nothing realistic about it that would cause someone to transfer a fear of violence from the show to their own lives. The whole scenario is this cartoonish, unrealistic game. None of the violence is anything she can relate to. (YYMV for kids who are very aware and frightened by school shootings. My kid is not.) I would not let her watch any kind of show that depicted violence that can might happen in real life, or even shows that depict other coercive/hurtful events.

As for the (bathroom) sex scene, I told her to look away and muted it. She knows what sex is but doesn't need to see a trashy depiction of it. I told there was sex, and we talked about why it happened-- what the players were trying to achieve. She hasn't seen the entire series, so I will skip past the other scene in a way she won't realize. "Oops, bedtime! Let's stop here and pick up where we left off tomorrow." She won't realize I've actually fast forwarded a little past that spot.

Which gets to the other main point-- deciding whether to let your child watch it is not just about drawing a line to avoid exposure to sex or violence. It's also about what the show has to offer-- moral dilemmas, survival and game strategies, depictions of economic inequality. (And actually, the most disturbing aspect of the show is the brutal and realistic backstories of the characters' economic desperation that brought them to the game in the first place.) It's been really fascinating to watch with her and has generated some good discussions. We often play "would you rather," so for us Squid Game has become a prompt for extending those conversations into more sophisticated territory.

I would absolutely say that for children in this age range, they should watch with a parent, not by themselves. We pause frequently to discuss what's happening and why characters are making the choices they make.

The mental gymnastics you’re doing is ridiculous. If gratuitous violence is ok then so is gratuitous sex.

The violence isn't gratuitous. It's integral to the show.

You make a good point, though. I am definitely less troubled by the violence than the sex, so I'm thinking about why that is.

Part of is that frankly, we're more inured to depictions of violence already. There are no video games (or war movies, for that matter) that depict graphic sex like they do graphic violence.

Also, the context for the violence is wholly fantastical. The sex in the bathroom stall is not. The violence is taking place in the middle of what looks like Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. It more like the violence you'd see in Star Wars than in any real life situation.

Hold up now. Have you actually watched Star Wars? Did you actually watch Squid Games? There is blood being shown and close up of headshots. They shot point blank anyone who doesn’t win the round. They show people hitting the ground and zoom in. This is more in line with John Wick not Star Wars. Star Wars is PG13 and no blood.

Yes, I watched both. Obviously Squid Game is far more graphic, but it's not more violent. They destroy a whole planet in Star Wars! My (I guess poorly made) point was that the SG scenario is cartoonish and unrealistic like SW, so the viewer is pretty detached when watching it, which makes the moral dilemmas, game strategy, and character development come to the fore.

I don't know if you're the poster who asked why be cautious about the sex but not the violence. I would ask, why be disturbed by the violence and not by the realistic economic situations of the characters? Because I can totally believe that you could find lots of people in similar circumstances that would subject themselves to a Squid Game for that kind of prize money.

SW shows nothing. It’s cartoonish Bc it’s completely unrealistic. It destroys a planet but you never see the bodies. Heck, when Padme gives birth there’s no blood.

Poor people are treated like crap every single day. So yeah, Squid Games is more realistic. It shows what happens if you get shot in the head, if you slice your neck, if you get pushed or fall from a high level, if a sniper shoots into a group, etc. It shows how desperate people can act in life and the choices some have to face. I’m aware of everything SG is trying to portray which is why I don’t think it’s appropriate for a 10 yr old.

And look how comfortable you are with that!

My analogy to SW is poor, I admit, but I don't watch enough action/violent shows to think of a better one. I do remember as a kid being disturbed by Willie Wonka, though, and the cavalier attitude toward the children who were getting hurt during the factory tour. It was treated with amusement or even ridicule. (She deserved to have her body turned into a giant purple grape because she was greedy and gluttonous!) I couldn't figure out why no one was concerned. In Squid Game, the violence is met with appropriate horror.

I agree it's not appropriate for most 10 year olds, as I said. My DD is unfazed by it. We did have a great conversation about selling organs, though, and why certain kinds of economic activity is immoral.

Don’t do that. I never once said I was comfortable with it.

Fair enough. What kind of limits do you have for your children viewing tragic economic stories?

We obviously have different approaches to how we shelter and gradually expose our children to the world as they mature. Different strokes.

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Anonymous wrote:Can a 10 and 13 year old handle, or for adults only?

Adults only. The first episode does a mass execution style scene. Blood and all.

IMO I would be fine with my 12 year old watching it. It's just entertainment

I watched it with my 10 year old. There is one sex scene that was easy for me to hide from her-- it's pretty obvious it's about to happen so had her turn her back while I fast forwarded.

The violence is fine. While graphic, the circumstances and the way it's done are more shockingly gory than scary or emotional. For the most part.

The really adult aspects of it are just the moral quandaries that kids might find boring or not really get in all their nuance.

If the extreme violence is fine for your 10 yr old, then the sex scene shouldn't have been a problem. It’s all just entertainment as someone else said.

PP you are responding to. First, this is kid specific. It's obviously not appropriate for lots, maybe most kids this age. My kid is just not one who gets scared easily. She did turn her head away at certain things, but so did I. She mostly finds gory things intriguing and with doctors in the family, that's kind of unremarkable.

There is suspense in Squid Game, but there is nothing realistic about it that would cause someone to transfer a fear of violence from the show to their own lives. The whole scenario is this cartoonish, unrealistic game. None of the violence is anything she can relate to. (YYMV for kids who are very aware and frightened by school shootings. My kid is not.) I would not let her watch any kind of show that depicted violence that can might happen in real life, or even shows that depict other coercive/hurtful events.

As for the (bathroom) sex scene, I told her to look away and muted it. She knows what sex is but doesn't need to see a trashy depiction of it. I told there was sex, and we talked about why it happened-- what the players were trying to achieve. She hasn't seen the entire series, so I will skip past the other scene in a way she won't realize. "Oops, bedtime! Let's stop here and pick up where we left off tomorrow." She won't realize I've actually fast forwarded a little past that spot.

Which gets to the other main point-- deciding whether to let your child watch it is not just about drawing a line to avoid exposure to sex or violence. It's also about what the show has to offer-- moral dilemmas, survival and game strategies, depictions of economic inequality. (And actually, the most disturbing aspect of the show is the brutal and realistic backstories of the characters' economic desperation that brought them to the game in the first place.) It's been really fascinating to watch with her and has generated some good discussions. We often play "would you rather," so for us Squid Game has become a prompt for extending those conversations into more sophisticated territory.

I would absolutely say that for children in this age range, they should watch with a parent, not by themselves. We pause frequently to discuss what's happening and why characters are making the choices they make.

The mental gymnastics you’re doing is ridiculous. If gratuitous violence is ok then so is gratuitous sex.

The violence isn't gratuitous. It's integral to the show.

You make a good point, though. I am definitely less troubled by the violence than the sex, so I'm thinking about why that is.

Part of is that frankly, we're more inured to depictions of violence already. There are no video games (or war movies, for that matter) that depict graphic sex like they do graphic violence.

Also, the context for the violence is wholly fantastical. The sex in the bathroom stall is not. The violence is taking place in the middle of what looks like Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. It more like the violence you'd see in Star Wars than in any real life situation.

Hold up now. Have you actually watched Star Wars? Did you actually watch Squid Games? There is blood being shown and close up of headshots. They shot point blank anyone who doesn’t win the round. They show people hitting the ground and zoom in. This is more in line with John Wick not Star Wars. Star Wars is PG13 and no blood.

Yes, I watched both. Obviously Squid Game is far more graphic, but it's not more violent. They destroy a whole planet in Star Wars! My (I guess poorly made) point was that the SG scenario is cartoonish and unrealistic like SW, so the viewer is pretty detached when watching it, which makes the moral dilemmas, game strategy, and character development come to the fore.

I don't know if you're the poster who asked why be cautious about the sex but not the violence. I would ask, why be disturbed by the violence and not by the realistic economic situations of the characters? Because I can totally believe that you could find lots of people in similar circumstances that would subject themselves to a Squid Game for that kind of prize money.

SW shows nothing. It’s cartoonish Bc it’s completely unrealistic. It destroys a planet but you never see the bodies. Heck, when Padme gives birth there’s no blood.

Poor people are treated like crap every single day. So yeah, Squid Games is more realistic. It shows what happens if you get shot in the head, if you slice your neck, if you get pushed or fall from a high level, if a sniper shoots into a group, etc. It shows how desperate people can act in life and the choices some have to face. I’m aware of everything SG is trying to portray which is why I don’t think it’s appropriate for a 10 yr old.

And look how comfortable you are with that!

My analogy to SW is poor, I admit, but I don't watch enough action/violent shows to think of a better one. I do remember as a kid being disturbed by Willie Wonka, though, and the cavalier attitude toward the children who were getting hurt during the factory tour. It was treated with amusement or even ridicule. (She deserved to have her body turned into a giant purple grape because she was greedy and gluttonous!) I couldn't figure out why no one was concerned. In Squid Game, the violence is met with appropriate horror.

I agree it's not appropriate for most 10 year olds, as I said. My DD is unfazed by it. We did have a great conversation about selling organs, though, and why certain kinds of economic activity is immoral.

Don’t do that. I never once said I was comfortable with it.

Fair enough. What kind of limits do you have for your children viewing tragic economic stories?

We obviously have different approaches to how we shelter and gradually expose our children to the world as they mature. Different strokes.

My 10 year old enjoyed it. He’s the youngest of a handful of kids and very mature. We fast forwarded through some scenes (including the final fight scene). We had good chats about economic inequality, desperation, cultural norms related to honor, N and S Korea, revering the elderly, ethics, etc.

This is a kid who watched presidential debates and has strong opinions on capitalism and myriad social justice issues. He wasn’t scared because he appreciates that all movies are fake. He also has a mature sense of humor and lightened the mood while watching by cracking inappropriate jokes.

He enjoyed the scene where the girl sacrificed herself for her new friend. He admired her empathy and compassion while recognizing she was motivated by hopelessness as well as seeking honor. Any kid who can connect those dots can watch it.

The series is about ethics rather than gore.

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Anonymous wrote:Can a 10 and 13 year old handle, or for adults only?

Adults only. The first episode does a mass execution style scene. Blood and all.

IMO I would be fine with my 12 year old watching it. It's just entertainment

I watched it with my 10 year old. There is one sex scene that was easy for me to hide from her-- it's pretty obvious it's about to happen so had her turn her back while I fast forwarded.

The violence is fine. While graphic, the circumstances and the way it's done are more shockingly gory than scary or emotional. For the most part.

The really adult aspects of it are just the moral quandaries that kids might find boring or not really get in all their nuance.

If the extreme violence is fine for your 10 yr old, then the sex scene shouldn't have been a problem. It’s all just entertainment as someone else said.

PP you are responding to. First, this is kid specific. It's obviously not appropriate for lots, maybe most kids this age. My kid is just not one who gets scared easily. She did turn her head away at certain things, but so did I. She mostly finds gory things intriguing and with doctors in the family, that's kind of unremarkable.

There is suspense in Squid Game, but there is nothing realistic about it that would cause someone to transfer a fear of violence from the show to their own lives. The whole scenario is this cartoonish, unrealistic game. None of the violence is anything she can relate to. (YYMV for kids who are very aware and frightened by school shootings. My kid is not.) I would not let her watch any kind of show that depicted violence that can might happen in real life, or even shows that depict other coercive/hurtful events.

As for the (bathroom) sex scene, I told her to look away and muted it. She knows what sex is but doesn't need to see a trashy depiction of it. I told there was sex, and we talked about why it happened-- what the players were trying to achieve. She hasn't seen the entire series, so I will skip past the other scene in a way she won't realize. "Oops, bedtime! Let's stop here and pick up where we left off tomorrow." She won't realize I've actually fast forwarded a little past that spot.

Which gets to the other main point-- deciding whether to let your child watch it is not just about drawing a line to avoid exposure to sex or violence. It's also about what the show has to offer-- moral dilemmas, survival and game strategies, depictions of economic inequality. (And actually, the most disturbing aspect of the show is the brutal and realistic backstories of the characters' economic desperation that brought them to the game in the first place.) It's been really fascinating to watch with her and has generated some good discussions. We often play "would you rather," so for us Squid Game has become a prompt for extending those conversations into more sophisticated territory.

I would absolutely say that for children in this age range, they should watch with a parent, not by themselves. We pause frequently to discuss what's happening and why characters are making the choices they make.

The mental gymnastics you’re doing is ridiculous. If gratuitous violence is ok then so is gratuitous sex.

The violence isn't gratuitous. It's integral to the show.

You make a good point, though. I am definitely less troubled by the violence than the sex, so I'm thinking about why that is.

Part of is that frankly, we're more inured to depictions of violence already. There are no video games (or war movies, for that matter) that depict graphic sex like they do graphic violence.

Also, the context for the violence is wholly fantastical. The sex in the bathroom stall is not. The violence is taking place in the middle of what looks like Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. It more like the violence you'd see in Star Wars than in any real life situation.

Hold up now. Have you actually watched Star Wars? Did you actually watch Squid Games? There is blood being shown and close up of headshots. They shot point blank anyone who doesn’t win the round. They show people hitting the ground and zoom in. This is more in line with John Wick not Star Wars. Star Wars is PG13 and no blood.

Yes, I watched both. Obviously Squid Game is far more graphic, but it's not more violent. They destroy a whole planet in Star Wars! My (I guess poorly made) point was that the SG scenario is cartoonish and unrealistic like SW, so the viewer is pretty detached when watching it, which makes the moral dilemmas, game strategy, and character development come to the fore.

I don't know if you're the poster who asked why be cautious about the sex but not the violence. I would ask, why be disturbed by the violence and not by the realistic economic situations of the characters? Because I can totally believe that you could find lots of people in similar circumstances that would subject themselves to a Squid Game for that kind of prize money.

SW shows nothing. It’s cartoonish Bc it’s completely unrealistic. It destroys a planet but you never see the bodies. Heck, when Padme gives birth there’s no blood.

Poor people are treated like crap every single day. So yeah, Squid Games is more realistic. It shows what happens if you get shot in the head, if you slice your neck, if you get pushed or fall from a high level, if a sniper shoots into a group, etc. It shows how desperate people can act in life and the choices some have to face. I’m aware of everything SG is trying to portray which is why I don’t think it’s appropriate for a 10 yr old.

And look how comfortable you are with that!

My analogy to SW is poor, I admit, but I don't watch enough action/violent shows to think of a better one. I do remember as a kid being disturbed by Willie Wonka, though, and the cavalier attitude toward the children who were getting hurt during the factory tour. It was treated with amusement or even ridicule. (She deserved to have her body turned into a giant purple grape because she was greedy and gluttonous!) I couldn't figure out why no one was concerned. In Squid Game, the violence is met with appropriate horror.

I agree it's not appropriate for most 10 year olds, as I said. My DD is unfazed by it. We did have a great conversation about selling organs, though, and why certain kinds of economic activity is immoral.

Don’t do that. I never once said I was comfortable with it.

Fair enough. What kind of limits do you have for your children viewing tragic economic stories?

We obviously have different approaches to how we shelter and gradually expose our children to the world as they mature. Different strokes.

My 10 year old enjoyed it. He’s the youngest of a handful of kids and very mature. We fast forwarded through some scenes (including the final fight scene). We had good chats about economic inequality, desperation, cultural norms related to honor, N and S Korea, revering the elderly, ethics, etc.

This is a kid who watched presidential debates and has strong opinions on capitalism and myriad social justice issues. He wasn’t scared because he appreciates that all movies are fake. He also has a mature sense of humor and lightened the mood while watching by cracking inappropriate jokes.

He enjoyed the scene where the girl sacrificed herself for her new friend. He admired her empathy and compassion while recognizing she was motivated by hopelessness as well as seeking honor. Any kid who can connect those dots can watch it.

The series is about ethics rather than gore.

PP here with the other 10 year old who is watching it. Thank you for articulating all this better than I did. For kids who are okay with it, it's a great opportunity to have a lot of meaningful conversations.

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My 11 year old wanted to watch. She said everyone at school is watching it. But after reading reviews on Common Sense Media, I decided not to let her. I just hate my kids seeing so many dark things. They’re so young and the world can be bleak or uplifting, depending on what they see.

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Anonymous wrote:My 11 year old wanted to watch. She said everyone at school is watching it. But after reading reviews on Common Sense Media, I decided not to let her. I just hate my kids seeing so many dark things. They’re so young and the world can be bleak or uplifting, depending on what they see.

+1

I don’t want my 10 year old watching this. Anxiety is already running rampant, and I don’t know which images might really disturb her or stick in her mind. She can watch when she’s older if she wants. And I don’t think Star Wars or presidential debates are the same as watching someone close up get shot in the head. Call me old fashioned!

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I talked about it with my 11 year old but he hasn’t seen it. With boyhood feeling like it’s going to end any day now, I cherish the innocence he has left! No need to rush it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 11 year old wanted to watch. She said everyone at school is watching it. But after reading reviews on Common Sense Media, I decided not to let her. I just hate my kids seeing so many dark things. They’re so young and the world can be bleak or uplifting, depending on what they see.

+1

I don’t want my 10 year old watching this. Anxiety is already running rampant, and I don’t know which images might really disturb her or stick in her mind. She can watch when she’s older if she wants. And I don’t think Star Wars or presidential debates are the same as watching someone close up get shot in the head. Call me old fashioned!

Old fashioned parent here also. My 12 year old daughter told me that some of her friends have watched it, but I honestly don't want her exposed to a show where characters are systematically tortured and killed. Its rated MA for a reason

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The fact that people are letting their 10 year olds watch this show is a sad commentary on our society.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 11 year old wanted to watch. She said everyone at school is watching it. But after reading reviews on Common Sense Media, I decided not to let her. I just hate my kids seeing so many dark things. They’re so young and the world can be bleak or uplifting, depending on what they see.

+1

I don’t want my 10 year old watching this. Anxiety is already running rampant, and I don’t know which images might really disturb her or stick in her mind. She can watch when she’s older if she wants. And I don’t think Star Wars or presidential debates are the same as watching someone close up get shot in the head. Call me old fashioned!

Old fashioned parent here also. My 12 year old daughter told me that some of her friends have watched it, but I honestly don't want her exposed to a show where characters are systematically tortured and killed. Its rated MA for a reason

I don't think you've watched it, so you're judging from misinformation.

(FYI, no torture. That wouldn't even make sense.)

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Anonymous wrote:The fact that people are letting their 10 year olds watch this show is a sad commentary on our society.

Disagree. Parents in all kinds of times and places have exposed their kids to sketchy stuff. I mean, have you read the Bible?

What effect the show has on the child depends almost entirely on how the parent is communicating with the kid about the show.

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Anonymous wrote:The fact that people are letting their 10 year olds watch this show is a sad commentary on our society.

How does the violence compare to a Marvel movie?