What is Roblox?

Roblox is a platform consisting of a collection of games. Players can either create games or play games that other users have created. As a lot of the content is user-generated, not all games will be suitable for your child to view/play. If your child is playing Roblox, it is important to monitor what your child is accessing as well as set up appropriate parental controls. PEGI rate Roblox with a Parental Guidance recommended label, this is because it is a platform of individual, user generated games.

New Age-Based Accounts

From next month, Roblox will introduce two new age-based accounts:

• Roblox Kids for users ages 5 to 8 and Roblox Select for users ages 9 to 15.

Roblox Kids Accounts (ages 5–8) will be limited to games with a ‘Minimal or Mild’ content maturity label and all communication is disabled by default. Roblox Select accounts (ages 9 to 15) will be limited to games with content maturity labels up to and including ‘Moderate’. By default, Experience Chat is ON and Direct Experience Chat is OFF. The differences in chat are outlined here: https://about.roblox.com/safety-by-age

Parental Controls

As part of parental controls, you can manage content ratings, communication, screen-time, and spending limits as well as see which games your child is playing on and who their friends are. Roblox are extending these controls to allow you to:
 Block specific individual games (to age 15).
 Manage direct chat settings (to age 15).
 Approve access to specific games.

It is important to regularly monitor what your child is playing on Roblox and who they are interacting with, even if you have parental controls set up. You can find out more about the new accounts and parental controls
here:
https://about.roblox.com/parental-controls

Further information https://swgfl.org.uk/magazine/roblox-releases-updated-parental-controls-and-age-appropriate-experiences/