A parent has raised concerns about how easily children can be exposed to age-inappropriate digital content after discovering her child playing an online simulation game with unsuitable elements.
In a Facebook post, the woman said the game featured male and female characters with explicit, user-controlled movements, which alarmed her after her child was able to download and play it on a smartphone without difficulty.
“I’m sharing this purely to raise awareness among parents. The game is clearly not suitable for children, yet my child was still able to access it,” she wrote.
She explained that her child deleted the game immediately after she noticed it. Although she regularly checks the phones and tablets used by her children, she had not seen the game before, as it had only just been downloaded and was still at the first level.
The game in question is available on both the Google Play Store and Apple App Store and carries an age rating of 13 and above. However, the incident has sparked questions among parents about the reliability of age classifications and the effectiveness of content filtering on digital platforms.
Many parents echoed similar concerns in the comments section of the post, sharing their struggles to monitor the types of games and content their children can access through mobile devices.
One Facebook user, Fatihah Basri, said she was often surprised by the unusual games her children managed to download despite her having set a password on the Google Play Store. She eventually installed an additional security password on their smartphones so that her approval would be required each time the devices were unlocked.
Another user, NorAdawiah Saari, said the situation was the reason she does not allow her children to use mobile phones at all.
“It’s very difficult to control what appears on phones these days. When children become addicted to playing on their phones, their emotions can become unstable, they turn rude and stop listening,” she said.
