Comments on: Home Daycare

By: BONZO

BONZO — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:55:47 +0000

Funny thing is I have encountered people younger than 13 in home, but it is usually the 13-20 y/o that behave the most inappropriately. Getting into arguments and cleverly getting around the censorship with alternate spelling of words. There’s the danger of communicating with someone live and unsupervised but also someone invites you to their apartment, they can post anything they want in the picture frames and expose children to anything. There’s also eye cam communication, for live chat.

By: Orion_NGC1976

Orion_NGC1976 — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:03:10 +0000

This is a great article and a question that I have asked myself many times being a parent myself. My son has a sub-account but it would be very easy to get around that an the rated content in Home. I have seen things that have made me question if 13 is way too young for Home. Some parents may not know much about what Home is or that it needs supervision for minors. Unfortunately, some parents do use game consoles as babysitters and I have been surprised in stores where parents will buy MA games for obviously very young children. Home is not like a game where you may just get exposed to things that are not age appropriate. Home has real people behind the avatars and not all people have good motives. Again, thanks for raising the awareness.

By: Dlyrius

Dlyrius — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:07:37 +0000

Right on the money! This has been an issue since the beginning of the internet. I doubt it will go away soon, but it is nice to know there are other concerned adults out there wondering who is supervising all these kids besides a keyboard, gaming console, and the dog.

By: Godzprototype

Godzprototype — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:46:39 +0000

This really is an important topic! Adults should care whether children are in here trying to emulate adults.
Great article PixelCub!

By: Burbie52

Burbie52 — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:59:47 +0000

I agree totally PixelCub. I wrote something about this subject myself as well. Many parents don’t even realize that there are parental controls in the PS3 they can use to keep their kids safer. They need to create a sub account to set them up for their kids, but they do help. A sub account under 18 is not allowed in the theater by the way, at least that is what I have heard happened to many people.
This type of information needs to be reiterated over and over so that parents become aware that there are dangers, even in Home.
Great job on the article.