Nightmares, fears and psychological problems – these could be the consequences when children watch and act out the successful Netflix series.
Pinneberg – According to a newspaper report, children have reenacted the bloody Netflix series “Squid Game” in a daycare center in Pinneberg near Hamburg.
In a letter to the parents, the responsible contact person at the day care center warned against the series. It is “brutal, glorifies violence and especially disturbing for children,” quotes the Schleswig-Holstein newspaper publisher (SHZ / Freitag) from the letter.
Nightmares, fears and psychological problems could result. “Hence our urgent appeal: don’t let your children watch this series. Not even when you’re there. ”The series is rated FSK 16. In Bavaria, the problem has reached school playgrounds.
The South Korean series “Squid Game” is the most successful Netflix production to date. The story of almost 500 people is told in nine episodes, all of whom are deeply in debt. They compete against each other in apparently harmless children’s games in order to win prize money in the millions. But the macabre competition does not allow a second chance: Anyone who does not make it to the next round will be killed immediately.
According to the report, kindergarten teachers took notice when the children said to each other at the end of a game: “I’ll kill you”. “You are causing emotional harm to your children if you let them see something like this,” warns the contact person responsible for parenting in the letter.
In Bavaria, the series occupies schools. According to the local State Criminal Police Office (LKA), “business cards” appeared at at least three elementary and secondary schools, which are an invitation to the “Squid Game”. The LKA speaks of “isolated suspicious perceptions in connection with the television series”. However, there are no known cases of physical injuries or acts of violence in connection with the game in Bavarian schools. “Teachers have reported that this series is also being re-enacted in their schools,” the President of the Bavarian Teachers’ Association (BLLV), Simone Fleischmann, told the German Press Agency in Munich. dpa
