9 DISTURBING British PSAs

“Real children don’t bounce back” it’s so strong and straight to the point you can’t avoid getting tears to your eyes 😞.

Scary as they may be, they are effective as hell

I love how in Sally they go out of their way to show how she is mistreated by other kids too. I think it really does strike a chord of empathy in kids watching to think about others experiences

OK but that Sally one was impressive with how they were able to get the puppet to display so much emotion that you really feel for the kid

Disturbing PSAs are so much more effective than the cheesy ones that try to be "hip" for the kiddies. The best way to get a message across is to show just how real and serious the danger of the issue is

That one with the cartoon kid being abused by his dad was the most disturbing one out of them all.

The PSA with Sally, the one about child abuse, was really moving. It really put you in her shoes and how I'm sure every abused child feels and sees the world. Being controlled by the abuser even when they aren't around and no one able to see it. It's just so heartbreaking. Yeah, these kinds of things are disturbing, but they show reality, and they're not sugar coating what actually happens or can happen. There needs to be more like this these days.

The chef dropping the pan over herself actually makes me die inside. Like imagine the severe pain that would cause in real life. Im someone who wants to work in medicine so very little makes me feel queezy, but the thought of that literally freaks me out. 💀

The "Real Children Don't Bounce Back" was a good point that child abuse is just scummy. The end sent chills down my spine.

That cartoon abuse one choked me up at the cut to the actual child at the foot of the stairs, really frightening cut. Say what you will about some PSAs, they can be really effective.

Back in the 1960's my mom lost a friend to a high voltage power line. It isn't clear if the kid did a mistake, or committed suicide because of abuse from home, but the whole graduating class wasnt the same since. Wish we had these PSAs sooner. We need to bring them back to prime time television. Yes, it is scary to kids, but a little scare in early life is better than death.

The, "Toy that can Kill," one always freaks me out. It goes from 0 to 100 hauntingly fast. All seems well... Just a nice little hangout between some friends and then suddenly, death. Murder... And that kid at the end cheering, "I won I won," as if he didn't just end people's lives.

The "Real Children Don't Bounce Back" really hit me. It just proves how every child deserves a parent, but not every parent deserves a child.

i remember seeing "real children dont bounce back" while i was being abused. it was really jarring seeing my situation portrayed that way, since i didnt really know how bad it was and that it wasnt normal

The seatbelt psa is so REAL — we had a cop friend who told us of a crash that killed four college kids because one dude wasn’t wearing his seatbelt, and he catapulted around the car just as shown here. It was horrific. If not for that they would have survived.

The "real children don't bounce back" really got me- At first, it's just a silly cartoon, then at the end, it's more realistic and scary.

The moment he felt the need to explain what a chatroom is, I suddenly aged into a gnarled old fossil

That Sunday Lunch one was the most disturbing to me. You didn’t just see the kid get shot, but you also saw the aftermath. You heard the agonizing screams of the family. The acting was really well done. This PSA got to me, but that’s how they’re supposed to work!

"real children dont bounce back" really got me for some reason

PSAs always find their way to children, which I am extremly glad for. TLDR; My dad quit smoking due to a PSA I saw as a kid. My Dad smoked when I was really little, I might have been 3-4 at the time and a PSA came on. It was about smoking, a woman was shown on screen with holes in her cheek and throat, and talked about what smoking did to her using a text to speech. I cried and told my dad I didn't want that to happen to him. My dad started the process of quitting smoking and hasn't touched one in a long time. I am 13 y/o now and I still remember that PSA to this day