Squid Game is a South Korean survival drama television series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk for Netflix. The series revolves around a contest in which 456 players, drawn from different walks of life but each deeply in debt, play a series of children's games for the chance to win a ₩45.6 billion[a] prize, with a deadly penalty if they lose. The name of the series draws from a similarly named Korean children's game.
The Netflix South Korean thriller series tells the story of debt-ridden people competing for a huge cash prize in a deadly series of children’s games. Its popularity prompted Central Bedfordshire Council to email parents about “aggressive” primary pupils. They were advised to “be vigilant”, as first reported by THE GAURDIAN
The council email continued: “We strongly advise that children should not watch Squid Game. The show is quite graphic with a lot of violent content.”
The council told the BBC: “Last week our education safeguarding team were made aware that some primary-aged children in one of our schools were behaving aggressively on the playground while replicating games from the Squid Game programme.
“It was felt that these young children had seen clips of the programme, which has a rating of 15 due to its graphic nature, on social media.
“Following the concerns raised, the team shared information about parental settings, and resources to support parents to keep their children safe online.”
SOURCE : https://edexec.co.uk
