Neopets: Is it Really Safe for Children?

Neopets! Is it safe?

Neopets.com is an online virtual pet game for both children and adults. It has over 1 billion pets and over 900 million users. With that many users and a mixture of adults and children can it really be safe for your child? Neopets.com claims to be a very safe environment for children, but how safe is it? What type of precautions are they using? How is Neopets protecting your children when you are unable to monitor their computer activities?

Well, I have been playing Neopets for over 5 years. I started in high school and I now an avid Neopets player! I have yet to see such a site with this many users as safe as Neopets. Neopets does go the extra mile to insure that your child is safe while on their site.

Verifying Age

From the very beginning of becoming a Neopets member, they insure the safety of your child. When signing up for Neopets, you child has to enter their birthday and their age. By doing this it helps to confirm your child's age. At the end of the process you also have to select an age group (ie. 4-13yrs, 16-18yrs, 18 and older). If your child is younger then 13 years old they will be required to have written permission from a parent or guardian mailed to Neopets in order to receive certain features of the game.

Neomail

After creating an account, if your child is 13 years or younger, neomail will not be allowed. Neopets will not allow any player 13 years old or younger, to use neomail. Neomail is just like e-mail except that it only goes to and from Neopets users. If your child isn't old enough the feature will be disabled for them and will notify anyone trying to message them that there message will not be delivered. In addition to this safety feature, Neopets will not allow ANY member to use any obscene, racial, or abusive language. Doing so will get your account frozen.

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