Following the return of the brutal game that hits children, many parents are debating how to behave.

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Monitor children's content on the web, chat with them, and limit screen hours. These are some of the recommendations of expertise discussed with "Israel Today" following the redistribution of the "Blue Whale" game to children in Israel. 

Recall that the blue supremacy suicide game "Blue Whale" returned after being distributed in Israel in 2017 and is being distributed among students in Jerusalem. Following a request from the Community Advancement Office, the Israel Police began operating a special investigation team to try and locate a man whose name was reportedly responsible for raising the game: English speaker answering (apparently fictitious) Jonathan Galindo.

"This game is an example of a sentence that the Internet is both an angel and a devil. There are also very good things on the Internet and there are also very dangerous things and it is time for the parents to mediate and talk with our children," says Prof. Anat Bronstein-Klomak, Head of the Clinical Psychology Program Ivcher book for interdisciplinary psychology in Herzliya, a specialist in stress situations in children, suicide in children and adolescents.

"We do not want the children to talk online with anyone nor to see anything," Prof. Bronstein-Klomak continues. "You have to talk to the children about the dangers and see, of course not in coercion but in discourse, what they see. This game is dangerous and if the children It's already good to be scared of it, it is necessary to create an atmosphere in the house that will have a comfortable child to come and share about such an event and at the same time be attentive and supportive.

"Beyond that, if a trauma is created, I actually call people to consult. Today you can make appointments on a zoom basis and you can talk to an expert when the child sees everything from a distance. .

"Corona fits in with fears"

Prof. Anat Shoshani, from the Ivcher School of Psychology from Herzliya, is a clinical psychologist, expert on child resilience, coping with violence and the effects of communication on child behavior. Shoshani points out that the appearance of the game is now again closely linked to the problem of children's fears of the Corona and beyond that recommends that parents monitor what children receive or are exposed to on screens.

Shoshani estimates that the bulk of the injury is in children who are in early adolescence. "This is an age where children still don't see the world as complex and everything seems very real to them. This child can certainly think that some people will beat him if he doesn't follow instructions. Around grade three, the child wakes up to understand the world more in that respect Talking toddlers but also stealing, afraid to get hurt, realizes that life is fragile, but he still has no understanding that such a threat is an unreasonable threat. " 

"On this reality, the Corona also comes in," adds Shoshani. "There is an illness that is now moving and covertly infecting, it is very scary, it is unclear and in my opinion, the children do not understand the reality properly. They did not really explain to them what their feeling was like. So it happened that this game sits with them both about the magical fears that exist at this age and the anxiety that there is in the air from the Corona. " 

"Don't underestimate their feelings at all"

Professor Shoshani points out that in order to stop such a game it has to be taken very seriously. "Don't tell the kids it's just fear, nobody's going to beat you, don't underestimate their feelings at all, but respect them. You come to an agreement with them that they pass the game on to an uncle or auntie, which we have updated beforehand, and that way they will fulfill the conditions and then also ensure To those who protect them and also agree that they immediately delete the game from their smartphone.

This is also how we greatly respected the fear, supported, accommodated and gave it a place. Beyond that, one of the crimes parents are doing today is the neglect of the screen realm. For kids to face fears, they need us and we really support them, but there is an area that we neglected and that is what we agree. What children see on the computer or games they are exposed to. These are often sights, videos, plays that a child needs to mediate to see. Here is an example of a game that sits exactly on the age when the child is more afraid, develops more fears and someone wicked in the world has built an entire game on it. Therefore, you should not only limit the hours a child is on the computer screen, but also occasionally see what he sees there. We should talk to the children about this, we must not neglect the field, "she states