Having an open-dialogue with flowing, non-judgemental conversation is key, following which we can take appropriate action when needed. Share your skill with your children.įor parents, we should ensure we’re talking to our children from the beginning and taking an active interest in what they are doing, following and downloading. Whilst you may feel your children are very technology savvy, as parents and grandparents we have life skills that allow us to recognise risks and threats. As with anything, it has its downsides, and navigating the line between what is appropriate and what isn’t can often be difficult. The internet is a fantastic resource, home to a range of apps and games that can be positive experiences for our children. Speaking to The Sun Online, she said: "He was playing the game in December, and a girl in his drama class also liked it.
Within an hour Sayori, your character's childhood friend, talks about having depression and eventually takes her own life in a disturbing sceneīut the game, which begins with you playing a school pupil who wants to write poetry to impress girls, descends into a psychological horror that features dark themes of self-harming and suicide and has already been blamed for the deaths of two children.Įarlier this week the father of Ben Walmsley, 15, from Radcliffe, Bury, told how the game - which functions as a role-playing visual novel in which player choices dictate elements of the storyline - "dragged" him in before his death which is still being investigated by a coroner.Īnd now another parent, Mihaela Potz, from Zargreb in Croatia, has spoken out about the game and how it may have played a role in the death of her 12-year-old son Rok.
16 Doki Doki Literature Club begins as a light-hearted game but takes a sinister turn.
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