{"id":17182,"date":"2025-10-03T11:20:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T10:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/?p=17182"},"modified":"2025-10-03T11:20:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T10:20:03","slug":"important-notice-to-parents-and-carers-online-gaming-forfeits-and-tiktok-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/important-notice-to-parents-and-carers-online-gaming-forfeits-and-tiktok-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Important Notice to Parents and Carers: Online Gaming Forfeits and TikTok Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tiktok.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tiktok.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tiktok-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We are becoming increasingly aware of a concerning trend among students involving popular video games such as\u00a0<em>FIFA<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Grand Theft Auto (GTA)<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When students lose in these games, they are often encouraged to complete\u00a0<strong>forfeits or dares<\/strong>, many of which are being\u00a0<strong>recorded and shared on TikTok<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While some of these challenges may appear harmless, they can quickly escalate into&nbsp;<strong>inappropriate or unsafe behaviour<\/strong>. This not only poses risks to the students involved but may also lead to&nbsp;<strong>serious consequences<\/strong>, both socially and within school policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We strongly urge all parents and carers to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Speak with your child<\/strong>\u00a0about the risks associated with these forfeits and dares.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Monitor their online activity<\/strong>, especially on platforms like TikTok.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Discourage participation<\/strong>\u00a0in any challenges that could lead to inappropriate content or behaviour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For further information about keeping children safe online, please visit the NSPCC website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nspcc.org.uk\/keeping-children-safe\/online-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"blue\"><strong>Keeping children safe online | NSPCC<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are becoming increasingly aware of a concerning trend among students involving popular video games such as\u00a0FIFA\u00a0and\u00a0Grand Theft Auto (GTA). When students lose in these games, they are often encouraged to complete\u00a0forfeits or dares, many of which are being\u00a0recorded and shared on TikTok. While some of these challenges may appear harmless, they can quickly escalate &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/important-notice-to-parents-and-carers-online-gaming-forfeits-and-tiktok-challenges\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Important Notice to Parents and Carers: Online Gaming Forfeits and TikTok Challenges&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2,194,195],"class_list":["post-17182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-school-news","tag-bridgnorth-endowed-school","tag-online-safety","tag-safeguarding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}