I am highly disturbed right now and need to know if I am overreacting…my husband gets his toddler son every other weekend and he stays with us for an entire week…this time he brought a tablet that his mother sent with him, which I do not mind if he plays with it a few times…this kid will NOT get off of it…I am pretty convinced all hsi mom lets him do is sit on the ipad all day…he has a tantrum every time I try to take it…thats not even the worst part…the worst part is, he is watching this “show” on youtube called huggy wuggy…HIS MOM KNOWS HE WATCHES IT. It terrifies me and I find it inappropriate for him as well…he is NOT allowed to watch it in my house…am I over reacting here?
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Its from a video game. My 6 year old son is obsessed with all of those. Huggy wuggy, Five nights at Freddie. Sirenhead his top horror obsession. Most of his Xmas presents are based off those interests. I dont find anything wrong with it its not like kids weren’t obsessed with zombies or some other sort of weird monsters and sci-fi creatures before them haha if I find the video hes watching to go too far i talk to him about it and he doesnt watch those channels anymore
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He’s a toddler just take the dang tablet away from him. Stop letting a little toddler make rules at his dads house jeez. Let him throw a tantrum he’ll get over it trust me you can distract him by introducing other fun activities or doing something else. So just take the tablet away and let him throw a tantrum. If you think something is inappropriate that he’s watching then take the tablet away and put cartoons on on a regular television.
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You aren’t the mom . So let the Dad and mom handle it . Orrrrrrrr have this conversation with the dad and don’t seek advice from strangers on Facebook. Have a conversation with the people involved. Or mind your business, as I stated before - you aren’t the mom 
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My 4 year old watches it. I don’t rhink it’s any different then the monsters or sci-fi things I liked as a kid. But you’re not gonna be able to control what he does at moms house. If you think the tablet is such a problem just don’t allow it over there. But its gonna take routine and alot of crying for him to understand different rules for different houses. Probably would be best for dad to approach the subject so she does get upset that you’re over reaching with her son.
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My son tries to sneak off to watch it. We told our kids "you are not grounded from YouTube. YouTube is grounded from you. " I find it disturbing along with all the other weird shows that are pushed along side huggy wuggy.
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Okay so I have a 4 year old boy, but I’ve never given him a tablet of any kind (not dissing on any moms at all, it’s just my personal preference. I don’t want to deal with him being on it too much). So I am really out of the loop with this stuff. Is that that weird show that a monster thing hugs you and eats you or something??? I saw someone post something about it, but I’ve never seen it and don’t really know what it’s about.
Either way, you can’t really control what he does at his mom’s house unfortunately. Have you tried talking to his mom at all and telling her why you think it’s so inappropriate?
If she doesn’t care, all you can do is raise him the best way you know how to at your house.
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I don’t let my kids watch it, personally I feel like it’s inappropriate for young kids. My 7 year old and 5 year old have tried to watch it before, but we’ve put a stop to it.
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My autistic daughter tried that, NOPE. Huggy wuggy, sonic exe, all of them BANNED from this house. They are TERRIBLE and send very disturbing messages to kids including to hug people until their heads fall off and they die. Disturbing.
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It is inappropriate and your not over reacting My 4-year-old was watching it at my mom’s and I sat there decided to watch it and it’s horrible and I won’t let him watch it anymore
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Ugh. My 9yo is obsessed with Five Nights at Freddie’s, but at least we got her reading the books. She was showing her 6yo brother the videos, we did ask her not to do that. He doesn’t have a tablet yet.
Good luck controlling what’s going on at the other parent’s house, though. It is frustrating when everyone is not on the same page.
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Dad’s child… Dad’s rules.
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No huggy wuggy here and my sons school has banned speaking of it at recess… It sounded cute, then I watched an episode 
my son is 6
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You won’t be able to change mom’s rules so don’t even try. Your house, your rules and that’s the best you can do.
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Regardless how long a kid stays on their tablet 5 mins to an hour . They will always snap when it’s taken away lol 
I would to if I was a kid . Set boundaries and times for when the child can use it . What I do is fridays and Saturday’s that’s it .
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I don’t allow my kids to watch it either. We have a gas station near us that sells hugged wuggy and kissy Missy plush toy and my 3 yrs old wanted one I told him no because mama doesn’t like it and to pick something else.
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My 6 yr old loves it, sirenhead, five night at Freddie’s, etc. I don’t really mind it all but I’ve been a horror fan my entire life so she’s just taking after me lol some people like the weird or creepy stuff, that’s okay 
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just create rules for your own house and set them and abide by them. Maybe try to find something that you ARE okay with him watching (like Blippi!) and implement screen time for certain parts of the day.
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What does his dad say? I mean I get you are step mom but that is not your child and you never said his dad had a problem with it.
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You are overreacting my 6 year old loves huggy wuggy and all those horror Roblox related games. If his mom and dad are okay with it I don’t see the problem?
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my son loves huggie wuggie and compared to some of the stuff i watched as a kid that is nothing not scary at all
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Know this, I don’t let my son constantly use his tablet.
But man every time I take it, you’d think he was born with it in his little grippy 4 year old hands and he’s never went a day without it 
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Blended family here. What our kids do at their other parents, we can’t control. However, in our household, we do not allow YouTube at all, not even kids YouTube. Our kids don’t have tablets, (we also don’t have internet and haven’t in over a year) I would just say no more tablet at your house.
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My 3 are 9,7,&5. I refuse to allow it and if they are to go on YouTube for any reason it will be something we all watch or nothing at all. I have been told that I’m to controlling but my thing is I’d rather know they are safe and not watching anything that is inappropriate. With everything these days it’s hard to trust alot.
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My 4 year who has a phone( it doesn’t have minutes, just learning games and kids youtube) and he watches age appropriate videos on kids roku, mentioned Huggy wuggy once, it was day after he had a nightmare and was crying.
huggy wuggy isn’t really a kids cartoon character especially for toddlers, so in my opinion he shouldn’t be watching it.
A few things:
limit his tablet time while he’s with you, and please try not to judge his mom for his screen time at her house, just focus on your home.
set up parental and age guidelines for his youtube or take away normal youtube and put only kids youtube on the tablet ( before you do this, since the mom is sending the tablet with him, try talking to her if you can to make sure that won’t be a problem.)
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I think that’s up to his dad……
My 4yr old loves huggy wuggy, I find it creepy but he knows the difference between real life & a tv show
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You need to mind your business you’re picking bc you don’t want him there. That’s why people don’t like stepmoms bc they’re always tryna control and take over everything. You just don’t want that baby there that’s the real reason. Ugh jealous
It’s all about what you don’t like. What does his dad think is the question if his dad os ok with it then you need to stay in your lane.
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Same page here. My stepsons mom let’s him watch horror films, huggy wuggy, and Five Nights of Freddie even Squid Game. He is turn 6 soon and now he is absolutely afraid of the dark or to even be alone. We even told his mother and grandma on that side. They refuse to take any accountability for their actions. But when he is with us. No YouTube. Only kid friendly things and we do our best with coping during bed time but it’s hard.
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My twins watch poppy playtime, which is the game with huggy wuggy. They are warned beforehand about any jump scares from their older brother. You can always get OpenDNS. It is free and you can filter content on your home network. So if it doesn’t align with your rules, block it. You can even put a message for the block. I put a fake FBI one to freak the older kids out.
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I would say the tablet stays at mom’s house
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It’s very bad , its left some children deeply disturbed to the point they need psychological help. Google it … it’s pure shite dont let your children watch it!
Have a talk with mom and see if when she drops him off if she cud keep the tablet y’all don’t want it at ur house🤷 ur house ur rules he will learn when he is at daddy house he won’t have it or it’s a good time to start teaching rewards when he does good helps clean he gets 30-hour on it
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Having one bonus baby that is with us Friday - Monday every week. She knows the rules are different when she’s here. there’s not phone time all day and YouTube isn’t allowed here. You have to set rules and boundaries. It’s going to be a fight because not everyone’s household is the same… but over time they child will learn what they do at one household might not be okay in someone else’s.
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It’s actually a game. I’ll admit, I’m a little lenient with kids, bit Huggy Wuggy is actually WAY tamer than Five Nights at Freddy’s
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You’re not alone. It’s your house. Set a timer and give a 5 minute warning. Maybe try discussing with dad and not allowing it at your house for a bit. But you’re not over reacting about the huggy wuggy, siren head, sonic exe stuff. I have a 8 year old and a 5 year old. It’s not allowed at my house as well. It’s just not appropriate for young kids.
My 5 year old dont watch things like you mention. What is wrong with normal shows. Age appropiate. My Sons are not allowed on tablets etc unless they are sick or to tired. Rest of the time its just playing with toys or Being creatif. 
i get you!
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Iv just had to Google huggy wuggy 
bloody scares me
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My four year old laughs at that guy
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My 5 and 7 year old grandsons , are not allowed to watch huggy wiggy , iwe find it inappropriate , and disturbing.
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Yeah kinda. It’s just like an adult being into horror genre. He isn’t having nightmares. As parents we teach our kids right from wrong and reality vs fiction and all that. If he likes it, he likes it. You don’t have to watch it.
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I wouldn’t allow it. My daughters school just sent a letter home warning parents about this show.
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My son never watched it but learned of it from school. They learn/see it somehow.
No child under 12 years old should be allowed to watch You Tube. Take the tablet and block You Tube on it.
My 5 year old watches it. It’s not that bad.
My 4 year old likes it 
he likes most things that are horror, so I’m not really worried about it. We’re a spooky house
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Not your kid, not your business
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Our kids aren’t allowed to watch that crap either. I find it too violent for a darn 4 or 5 year old!
Lord. Let his “mother” mother him. It’s her child. Let his father have that say but you can have your own input of course for suggestions. Huggy wuggie has been a topic for a long time now. If you don’t want him to watch it take it up with his father. But don’t be that wife who thinks they have say how the parents parent their kids. What does the dad say?
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Not your child, it’s dad’s responsibility to make that call, talk to your husband, leave the kid alone.
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I think this is a conversation you need to have with his dad if it bothers you and see what he thinks. I have bonus kids and I talk to their dad ( my husband ) about stuff and let him and their mom decide what they feel is best, just like I talk to my ex husband/kids father about stuff with our kids.
Our kids are older now 16, 14, 14, 13 and 11, but they all went through the phase of watching “weird stuff” on tv or YouTube, like 5 nights at Freddie’s or whatever. We would always monitor the stuff they watched, but we were never really strict about it, they all are turning out just fine. I mean I grew up on Rhen and Stimpy, Bevis and Butthead, Peewee Herman, I turned out okay . Seriously though, talk to your husband and see how he feels. If he agrees then set rules for your house together and enforce them together. You both need to be on the same page.
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Setting limits for your house is ok for you AND his father to do, other than that it’s not really your business
Those shows are completely inappropriate, and I have a 10 year old .I work at a school and the kids try and play those games and things they do, do not align with school policy. So it’s banned. All of it.
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I don’t allow my 9&10yos to watch that. But that’s ME. I’m their MOM. If mom & dad don’t have a problem with it it’s none of your business. Stop trying to tell the parents how to parent their child.
My kids love it. They have the toys and masks too. My youngest is 2
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Nope I rarely let my 6 year old watch YouTube anymore. He would watch huggy wuggy, killer Thomas the train, killer sonic, and all kinds of weird stuff. That stuff is on YouTube kids also.
My son is 5. He loves huggy wuggy
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How about you do what seems right to you as his caretaker in your home? Instead of trying to bash another mom online when you don’t know for a fact what she does or how she raises her kid.
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Its rated for 12 and up.
Honestly not for kids. It has alot of messed up moments in it. Its like a copy cat of the momo challenge(basing my info off of a Forbes cover for it) . Definitely not for kids.
How’s his dad feel about it…
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No it’s a terrible kids show! So inappropriate, when he’s at your house it’s your guys rules
No, huggy wuggy is by far disturbing. Its not allowed in our house either. My 6 and 7 yr old showed it to me bcuz they didn’t think he was “good”
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My son (7) isn’t allowed to watch it. I just explained it to him this way, I said what does Huggy like to do?” My son: “ki!!”. Me: “is it ok to ki!!?” My son: “No”. Me: “Ki!!ing hurts people, and it ends their life…and hurts many other people too because then they become sad and they miss their family….so is it ok to like things that like ki!!ing?” My son: “no” Me: “exactly, so then it’s inappropriate”. End of story.
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My son watched it for a while. I think it’s creepy. I told him if he gets nightmares, it’s gone. We didn’t have an issue, and he’s moved on to a new phase. Unfortunately, the new phase is equally as creepy lol not all kids find entertainment in the same things. If mom and dad are okay with it, I don’t see an issue.
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My five year old watches it all the time. He was even Huggy Wuggy for Halloween lol. We sit and watch Huggy Wuggy vs. Siren Head videos together it’s a little creepy but it’s for sure not a big deal. Have your husband set limits of when/what times he can be on his tablet so he’s not on it all the time.
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I mean what is your definition of toddler first of all. Second of all don’t make assumptions about her parenting because the kids doesn’t listen to YOU not her
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Personally that’s fine at our house. My autistic 3 year old (almost 4) loves EVERYTHING scary, creepy. Bendy creeps me out so bad but he laughs at it. I also let my 8 year old stepson (who lives with us) watch what he wants but I monitor it and if he acts weird then I’ll stop it. An example being, he watches videos with cuss words, he knows not to say bad words (he also knows they’re just words but he’s too young to say them) if he started cussing like a sailor, I’d stop that. If he watches something scary and has a bad dream, I stop it. On a similar note my stepdaughter lives with her mom and her mom monitors everything very closely and she isn’t allowed to watch much and my step daughter has the worse potty mouth ever.
Basically I don’t care what they watch, I care about how it impacts/IF it impacts their behavior and attitude.
However if you do care, which you obviously do, you are the stepparent. The child is in your care at your house. If you don’t want them watching it, take the tablet and deal with the tantrum. If dad asks, let him know what happened. I know my husband works a lot and is rarely home so it’s up to me to make decisions, sometimes (most of the time) without his consent because it’s best for the children. This includes my STEPCHILDREN and BIO. Don’t tell mom what to do though, that isn’t your place. My stepsons mom tried telling us when to give my stepson a bath, breakfast, dinner, lunch, everything like how she does it at her house and it didn’t go over well because she doesn’t work and both my husband and I do. I work from home and sometimes very late hours so everyone and their life is different however if she said “don’t let so and so watch this” I wouldn’t but I would make the decision on if I wanted my own child to or not.
Get him to watch Miss Rachel instead. My kids love Miss Rachel and my 1 year old and 4 year old have learned so many words, colors, sign language all the good stuff from watching her.
Not allowed in my house either. My 6 almost 7 year old seen a few of those shows on YouTube and once I caught on I cancelled YouTube all together. Way too many weird and inappropriate kids shows!!
My comment here might ruffle a feather or two, but I don’t think even at 5, my son knows that it’s not real. That’s just my kid and my rule though, no hate to anyone who does otherwise. I don’t like things I’ve heard regarding huggy wuggy so it’s off limits. To give a little context though, I’m a little more strict as a parent. My kid is no longer allowed to watch YouTube anything because he throws a fit when the time is up and is learning a ton of stupid shit and whiney shit from watching other kids open presents, buy toys, etc.
I think you’re doing a good job with trying to pry him off a bit, I’d def ask for your husbands assistance a little more. It’ll be better for him in the long run to have a place where he’s not glued to a tablet and can get creative or active and exercise his own brain power. Tablets are great at times for help when you need a breather etc, but they’re doing our kids no justice when we let them sit around and be lazy with them.
We love Huggie wuggie in our house but it totally depends which video you watch. Some are appropriate some aren’t. Their isn’t a “show” it’s just videos made by creators so some are cute scary and some are just actually scary but there’s nothing wrong with the character himself.
We no longer do YouTube or much screen time because of the creepy YouTube videos. He went as far as searching for videos on the TVs internet browser. At his moms house it’s allllll unrestricted, unsupervised screen time all weekend (if she has him) but I’ve noticed that without a lot of screen time he has less nightmares, his behavior is better, he’s creative and not a zombie in front of a screen. We were having issues with a lot of violent talk, actions, etc. all of which seem to almost completely disappear with the reduction and monitoring of screen time. Talk to dad about talking to mom… she can keep the tablet. At your house he can be a kid.
I control what our daughter watches cuz we put it on TV and she watches Mickey mouse clubhouse and cocomelon. We used to let her on a phone on YouTube but she’d just swipe and end up watching weird things, so we stopped.
It doesn’t matter I’ve given my kids screen time and no matter what they would throw a tantrum when it was time to put it away. It’s the new generation. My girls are obsessed with huggy wuggy, mommy long legs, kissy missy and have the toys and drag them everywhere. I don’t know which “show” you’re talking about because there’s so much content where regular people make their own content most of it is just silly. They watch a lot of Lanky box where 2 guys are just silly. They don’t cuss in their content and they play the game and make it feel silly and pretend to be friends with huggy wuggy. I’ve watched this stuff with them. Now there are creators that make the scary content have to be monitored. I struggled getting my kids not to watch this awful “jeffy” YouTube channel but the creator had a million different channels. I couldn’t block his channels fast enough! It reminded me of late night adult content. And I hated it. But moreover I guess your house your rules. I just keep an eye on what they watch. Like sit their and watch it with them for a minute and no head phones so I know if they’re listening to trash. But you’re not going to be able to stop it at the other parents house. You can only control your own. But I’m just wondering which creator the child is watching. Most are just silly when you really watch them.
I can already see this not gonna go in your favor. For one, you already singled yourself out by putting my house and not our house. And if you’re trying to handle this on your own without including your husband that can be another problem. You should talk to your husband and come an agreement and you both can address. What he does at his mom’s house is none of your business. There definitely has to be some boundaries and rules set in order to have a good outcome. Maybe you can allow him to watch a few episodes within a day span and have little activities set up so he will want to put down the tablet and paint (or whatever activities you choose for him to do). Communication with your husband is key and I would start by addressing your concerns.
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That show was once removed for demonic programming. My son will never watch that ugly show
My son is into all of that. Right now his favorite is slender man and siren head. Especially siren head. My brother got him a siren head skateboard for Christmas and I got him a few t-shirts. He’s even made his own siren head board game. He’s even tried playing the slenderman and siren head games on the computer.
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We limit technology alot. And I am very passionate about other parents and schools doing the same. There is a lot of science starting to surface about the negitive impact that technology has on human brains, especially children.
If you do start to limit technology, I’d suggest you just get rid of completely. The idea that a little will satisfy is not correct. He’s young and not using technology for book reports and essays, so just get rid of it.
It also means lots of other things to do. Lego, stickers, coloring, cars, toys. And you need keep them tucked away and take one give one, just to busy. Give a couple when he’s bored swap a box/activity. And lots and lots of reading.
Huggy wuggy is an issue to me, that’s only because it’s desensitizing our children yet again. It’s just another layer of kids not being involved in free plan, imagination and turning off thier instinct to react to things that are not good.
My 4 year old is into horror things. 
he gets it from me I think. He watches it. As long as they know it’s fake… they’ll see and learn scarier things at school and out in the world than huggy wuggy. Yes you’re over reacting. I think it’s more up to his dad to decide.
My son is 5 and loves Huggy Wuggy and Granny etc … crazy how he finds the creepiest things to entertain him but he understands its just entertainment… (I was that age watching Horror movies on repeat and I turned out ok … so there is hope your not raising a serial killer)
Your house and your rules. He’s not the only kid out there who does. Whether it’s inappropriate or not that depends on if the kid is scared or actually acting out weird stuff. The fit is efinitely about wanting more screen time so that needs to be addressed . Sadly screen time is a big issue. Try to end toys or legos or coloring and keep that going and less or no screen time.
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I don’t allow it in my house. Then again I don’t allow YouTube in my house at all too easy to get into weird shit
I’d be more concerned about the screen time. My kids have always been into scary stuff. I think humans naturally like to be scared. Maybe if you get scared by the fake stuff, you won’t be so scared about real stuff? I dunno. My kid loves huggy wuggy and my kids that are teens now, loved five nights at Freddy’s. My teens grew out of it and are not now serial killers.
He probably doesn’t get much time on the tablet is why he doesn’t want to get off. It is also something he is controlling himself so if course he likes it. Nothing wrong with Poppy’s Playtime aka Huggy Wuggy. Different shows for different folks. But if you don’t like it then only allow the kid to watch the tablet in your presence when there and anytime they turn on that show you take it away. Or take tablet and don’t give back til he goes back home. Beforehand though make sure you and dad are on the page.
My 3yo has huggy wuggy soft toy and she sleeps with it, creeps the shite outta me but she loves it. Kids are weird.
Your home, your rules. Period.
My son started watching all that too. I did my best to block all of that content going through my YouTube so it wouldn’t appear. I found out it was still showing up sometimes and deleted YouTube from his tv and iPad. It’s not child appropriate and idk who would think it is. 
I firmly believe toddlers should have little to no screen time. So you and dad can make that house rule together.
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As a step mother it’s sad to see so many people telling her her opinion don’t matter and she needs to mind her business. When she married the father it became her business. All of us step moms aren’t out to get our step kids or just don’t want them out of the way. It’s her house as well she should get some say what goes on in her house. I raised my step kids now going on 15 years. I made the rules in my house. I feel if possible all 3 parents should work together and communicate the problem and come up with a solution if possible. Communication is key. My step sons mom is my best friend. She’s the aunt to my bio kids. But yes you can’t change the rules for his mothers house. What you find a problem she may not find a problem. It’s something all 3 of you need to work out for the child’s sake.
We know what his mom thinks about it but what does dad think? They are the only two that matter.
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Toddlers do not need tablets! They need to be able to play with their imagination! And if they’re never bored they will never play.
Toddler is extreme mine is only allowed to use his tablet for pbs kids and other learning apps he’s 2 though (2hrs max). Now my 5 year old is into five nights at Freddy’s, Minecraft, ect but he’s only allowed to watch the ones on the kids YouTube and so far none of them has caused an alarm really isn’t much different than what they say in cartoon/ directed at their age group. Not sure why these kids like to watch other people play games more than they actually play them themselves tho . My 5 year old gets 2-4hr max depending on if it’s a school night or not and how long he takes to do homework & chorus (feeding his pet).
My kiddo sleeps with her kissy Missy doll. She enjoys getting scared because she knows it’s not real and she knows she is always safe here.
A good sit down and explanation works for my daughter then she self moderates even tells us why some shows are not good to watch these days
IDC what any of you say a 4 a 6 or an 8 year old should not have a “horror obsession” what is wrong with people 
You can go into your viewing history and there’s an option that says something like “don’t suggest videos like this” my kid kept ending up on a creepy side of YouTube but after a few days of being really vigilant about clicking that, they have never come up again.
We do not allow our kids to watch huggy wuggy. It is inappropriate for kids.
Man, people really hate step moms for no reason.
I don’t think you’re overreacting…we don’t allow it in our house either and our oldest is 10
My 5 year old watches it. 
He also watches child’s play, and it.