English schools warn parents of \u201caggressive\u201d behavior ahead of Fortnite Season 7 Epic GamesSchools in the United Kingdom have started issuing advisories to parents about their children\u2019s \u201caggressive and violent\u201d behaviors due to excitement over Fortnite Battle Royale. The hype around Fortnite has been building in recent weeks in anticipation for the game\u2019s Season 7 update releasing on December 6. Some schools in Gloucestershire are providing informational meetings, letters on pertinent issues and guides to blocking certain content from major consoles, all to prevent bullying and other aggressive tendencies in kids before the game\u2019s new update. Widden Primary School Deputy Head, Debbie Innes, says that the latest warnings are part of an initiative to inform parents and provide resources in an attempt to help what they believe is the root cause of the problem. \u201cWe have had a number children for whom their behaviour has deteriorated as a result of what seems to be playing Fortnite,\u201d Innes said. Read more: Fortnite: The second Season 7 teaser image has been revealed and it seems to hint at new methods of transport – Although generally rated for anyone over the age of 12 by ESRB, PEGI and more, the game holds a sizeable audience that fall well under that parameter. Research into the matter of violence linked to video games has been a hot-button issue even before Fortnite\u2019s debut, but some schools have detracted from semantics and have gone right into preventative measures. \u201cThere\u2019s a point at which you stop fighting the battle that says they shouldn\u2019t be doing it and you start doing the \u2018okay, this is the guidance we should give to you as parents,\u201d Innes said. Fortnite\u2019s popularity has exploded since the game\u2019s initial release in July of 2017 and it\u2019s latest update will add more incentives for fans of the game to drop onto the battlefield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
English schools warn parents of \u201caggressive\u201d behavior ahead of Fortnite Season 7 Epic GamesSchools in the United Kingdom have started issuing advisories to parents about their children\u2019s \u201caggressive and violent\u201d behaviors due to excitement over Fortnite Battle Royale. The hype around Fortnite has been building in recent weeks in anticipation for the game\u2019s Season 7 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}