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Should ROBLOX become limited to 18+ users?

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Should ROBLOX become limited to 18+ users?

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1) One of ROBLOX's main controversy's is about online predators online. With having a restricted age limit set of being 18+, there would be lower rates of predatory reports happening in ROBLOX as it would prevent young fanbases from interacting with the app.

2) With ROBLOX being confined to people who are 18+, this can allow for people to make connections, and potentially start new relationships with people all around the world. As people are over 18, they would be more emotionally stable and have a more intelligent mindset on their mental minds as they had time to be able to develop their brains.

3) Restricting ROBLOX to a more mature fan base can stop children from spending too much money on parent's accounts, having them be overcharged for something they did not mean to buy. According to [parents together.org], recent data shows that some young children would go into extreme measures to obtain "robux". Upon further inspection on the article, the text mentions that "72-year-old Steve Cumming made what he thought was a one-time payment of $5.65 when his daughter downloaded ROBLOX-A month later, he found over $5,000 had been charged to his account for thousands of in-app purchases. . . Maria Vasquez found her 9-year-old son Thenniel had spent $1,162.32 on in-app purchases in games including ROBLOX."

4) There would be more interesting content added for ROBLOX users who are above the age of 18. These might be more mature topics to discuss, the inclusion of more violent games, and even the advancement in "adult hangout games." With ROBLOX being limited to 18+ users, ROBLOX would not feel as pressured to envelop an environment where games have to have restricted rights to protect the younger fan base, if the younger fan base was removed.

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1) Becoming age-restricted for adults will remove most users on the app, as according to [backlinko.com], statistics show that [58%] of ROBLOX players consist of teens and young adults.

2) With most of the ROBLOX population consisting of children, having an age limit would decrease ROBLOX's paying revenue. This is because parents might buy their child robux, such as a birthday gift for example. ROBLOX is the in-game currency you pay for using real-life money to obtain benefits in the game.

3) With the removal of the app to children and young adults, there might be a mass removal of ROBLOX games as well. The reasoning behind this is because young developers might possibly code games, and they get added to the ROBLOX streaming wall recommendations. However, if ROBLOX restricts accounts to being 18+, these accounts may get deactivated, and their games would be branded as "[Content Deleted]." This would mean that time spent on the game is lost forever, and people who maintained progress on these games would forever lose everything.

4) Furthermore to ROBLOX possibly deactivating accounts / prohibiting app-usage of accounts younger than 18, it would cause huge outrage among the crowds. People might've had a lot of progress on a game, or spent real-life money on their accounts. There might be violent protests against ROBLOX for these reasons from upset children and upset parents. There might also be the possibility of ROBLOX being sued in court.

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This article details why ROBLOX shouldn't be age-restricted, as it talks about why ROBLOX is a great platform for children.

ROBLOX can help people make new friends, and have fun on the app.

ROBLOX allows people abroad to reach higher limits and meet new people on ROBLOX.

ROBLOX can have educational games online to teach kids moral lessons.

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This NEWSELA article talks about a new ROBLOX game called "Comic Relief", and how it will help to build a community amongst young individuals.

ROBLOX can let children have fun and to de-stress on the app after a long, stressful day.

ROBLOX games can encourage kindness and friendship within players of the game.

ROBLOX games can encourage working together as a big happy group.

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Comic Relief US’s new Roblox game helps kids build community online and in real life

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Comic Relief’s Roblox game to teach children about charity went so well that it’s back again this year, and it’s bigger.

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This online article written by a trustworthy website online gives details on why ROBLOX being age-restricted to 18+ users is a more better idea then having children on the app.

ROBLOX chat options are not safe for children although it may seem like it

ROBLOX does not care about their younger fanbase and instead blames it on the parents

ROBLOX doesn't protect the children on this platform, and instead ignores all the millions of predators and unfit games online

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Ex-detective warns parents of red flags with popular video game Roblox’s new rule

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Parents were rejoicing this week as Roblox, the popular online game marketed to children, announced that they were introducing some big changes to their controversial chat features.

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This article mentions an incident where a child encountered predatory behavior and decided to copy it online. The article then details how this incident has spiraled down a rabbit hole. This article shows why having kids on the platform could be a horrible idea.

ROBLOX normalizes mature behavior that should not be copied by children and repeated

ROBLOX players can cyber=bully and mess with people's minds

Because of people on the platform, Dr. thought this was regular behavior, and already having a messed up mind, proceeds to register with a sex offence.

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VIDEO: Mum's warning after her nine-year-old was targeted by a predator on ROBLOX.

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VIDEO: Mum's warning after her nine-year-old was targeted by a predator on ROBLOX.

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This video details on what a mother has to say about an incident after her 9-year old son got targeted on the platforming app "ROBLOX"

The son has given the predator their address as the predator manipulated and gaslighted the son into doing so.

Many parents have already lost their children to people online targeting them.

ROBLOX is inappropriate for kids with all of the weird players in the fanbase, along with games that shouldn't be created.

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Mum's warning after her nine-year-old was targeted by a predator on Roblox | 7.30

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VIDEO: Predators using online video game ROBLOX to reach children, report says

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VIDEO: Predators using online video game ROBLOX to reach children, report says

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This YouTube video is about a report on the video game "ROBLOX" where it is being used by predators online to talk to little children on the app.

Predators lying about their ages online to make "friends" with children these ages.

People can convince younger kids to go to certain addresses to "meet their friend online".

Predators are learning what kid's behaviors are and are using it to their advantage.

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Predators using online video game Roblox to reach children, report says

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Dear the creators of ROBLOX, I am a student from Garvey School District writing to you in regards to an issue that's been arising. It has come to my attention that within the growth of the app ROBLOX, there seems to be a huge problem with the playerbase. Some of your 18+ players have been doing predatory behavior with players below 18+. Now, this might ring the question in your fanbase: Should ROBLOX become restricted to 18+ users? With everything going on in mind, I believe that we shouldn’t restrict ROBLOX players to being 18+ only.

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FunTech: 8 Reasons Why ROBLOX is Educational for Kids

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FunTech: 8 Reasons Why ROBLOX is Educational for Kids

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This article gives 8 Reasons on why ROBLOX is a great platform to use to help educate kids online.

ROBLOX can teach kids lesson about using their creativity and imagination.

ROBLOX helps kids to learn how to use the power of friendship and doing teamwork.

ROBLOX can teach kids programming and computer techniques.

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As a parent, you've no doubt heard of Roblox.

It's a unique computer gaming platform. But did you know that it can also be a great learning tool? From academic to social skills, the games in Roblox and processes behind which children can develop them, could help children reach their full potential.

Read on to find out how Roblox can be educational for your child, and how FunTech is using it to create exciting learning experience.

What is Roblox?

Roblox is a free platform that provides users with the choice to build video games and other similar projects. It is available on a wide variety of devices, such as laptops, tablets, computers, consoles, and even popular virtual reality headsets.

Inside the game, children can quickly learn how to build levels using Roblox Studio, a clever building tool that lets them manipulate objects and terrain, place items, and enter easy or complex scripts (depending on how familiar they are with coding).

From here, they can then publish and share their creations with other users in the community if they wish to do so. Roblox can teach kids some invaluable skills.

Kids have access to a wealth of user-generated games, many of which are extremely popular and are played daily by thousands and sometimes millions of players.

In general, many of these games are free, however, Roblux does have a currency system (called Robux) and is not shy about allowing entrepreneurial users to charge for the right to play their creations.

Similarly, children can purchase Robux to spend on various colourful outfits and equipment in-game. As a result of this, you should ensure that you are tracking and password-protecting any credit cards you have entered into the system.

How Roblox can be educational for kids

1. Roblox teaches kids creativity

But what exactly is it about Roblox that allows its players to be so creative?

Unlike most other games, which are usually more focused on a linear narrative and a single, driving story, Roblox is primarily about creating and crafting games and environments.

By dropping the player into an open-world environment, the kid is able to not only build structures in the Roblox Studio but also entire games for other people to play.

Those games can then be shared in the Roblox community.

In fact, many people say that games like Roblox inspired them to start making games professionally. It's a platform that lets kids start with simple coding exercises, offering a great introduction to creative video game design.

Roblox also has an additional studio software, Roblox Studio, that allows for tonnes of creative freedom, giving the player total design control over whatever, it is they are making.

While games like Minecraft allow you to build one block at a time, Roblox allows you to create intricate structures with a few simple clicks, adjusting for size and with a range of colours and textures.

This means that creating is quicker, easier and more complex than simply building a block at a time and allows you to have complete control over everything within the world of your game - and if anything, can really let kids get creative.

2. Roblox teaches kids leadership and team-playing skills

Due to the multiplayer nature, co-operation is the name of the game when it comes to Roblox, regardless of what kind of game you are playing.

While playing alone is an option, most players join for the social interaction and to help one another achieve their goals within the game.

This can be through setting up a team to play together through different levels, being ones that you have made yourself or on levels uploaded by other players. Many kids have ended up making good online friendships through social multiplayer games such as Roblox, even if they never actually meet face to face.

While some people set up online teams to go through and complete levels together, another way of playing as a party is by working on creating a world together. Two heads are better than one after all, and with multiple people working on a collective project it will be finished quicker and be a combination of different people's creative visions.

Through working together to create something like a building or even an entire town, it will help children to develop leadership skills and learn to delegate tasks for efficiency and to utilise everyone's individual talents.

It can also encourage teamwork, with players helping each other out and offering ideas to improve it that others may not have thought of.

3. Roblox teaches kids programming and coding

We touched on this earlier, but part of what makes Roblox such a versatile game for people to play is the simplicity of the code that it uses.

Roblox is built using a coding language called Lua, a particular version made specifically for Roblox players to code within the Roblox Studio.

As well as creating through more visual menus, Roblox Studio allows for players to write out and embed their own written lines of code to create and control individual objects. Rather than just walking through a 3D world, through coding the game can interact with the player and allow for specific gameplay styles depending on what the creator wants the player to experience.

The Roblox Studio uses a combination of visual world-building options, as well as pre-set shapes and menus so that a player can build a world without the need for coding scripts.

However, as they explore the studio and grow more confident in building more complex things, they will begin to use small bits of code through the studio's inbuilt scripter to enable particular parts of the game to do certain things.

Overtime, this knowledge of coding will become more and more complex and allow them to write out full scripts of Lua code.

If your child is particularly interested in coding and computers, learning to code from an early age can be very important for the development of their computing skills.

Like learning a foreign language, introducing them at an early age can mean that they find it easier to understand and pick up as they get older.

Learning to code can be a gateway to many different skills and career paths, including computing, game development, websites and other kinds of online and computer-based work.

In today's heavily tech-reliant society, learning how to code can be a massive benefit towards thousands of different careers.

4. Roblox teaches kids overall computing skills

As our world today is heavily reliant on technology, being familiar with computers, programs and how both hardware and software work can be a great benefit to many different skills going forward.

Even if your child isn't necessarily that interested in computers, playing games like Roblox can help develop a number of skills, including typing speed, maths and even creating art.

The unlimited creative potential that Roblox allows the player helps to engage all kinds of different skills that may not have occurred to them outside of the game.

Being confident in using a variety of different bits of software, as well as a good understanding of how to use and operate computers without help is a useful and applicable skill in pretty much every sector of work.

While it is important that your child doesn't spend all their time on the computer, in allowing them the freedom to use it to write, create and play, it is in fact helping them to develop a fluency with using technology that could very well help them in the long run.

5. Roblox teaches kids logic

Video games can help to develop logical thinking skills in children and young adults. Schools, places of work and even the army use video games as a way of improving people's physical and mental reaction times and other skills.

Puzzle solving is a major part of many video games; you have to think about strategy, resources and techniques and much more.

Logic can be learned through Roblox in a very literal way, being one of those games that relies of trial and error to help learn the real ins and outs of the game and how to play it.

Additionally, the coding relies on logical reasoning, as well as testing and experimenting to see what works and what doesn't.

However, logic is also learned through experiences in playing the game, such as how to get through puzzles, how to bypass certain obstacles or how to complete a certain map.

Being thrown into the deep end of an unfamiliar level is usually the best way of kick-starting your problem-solving skills, forcing you to think outside of the box as well as applying logic to the problems you face.

As a video game allows you to retry if you fail, it allows the player to repeat the stage until they have gotten it right. This means that there isn't the same amount of peril or risk as there would be in real life, giving the player the best kind of training ground to exercise their critical thinking and logic in a safe environment without any risk to their safety.

6. Roblox teaches kids mathematics

Coding and mathematics often go hand in hand, with one often helping to strengthen the other. However, when either are taught within a more academic environment, some kids can become disengaged and easily become bored.

This is why many schools are encouraging kids to play special education-specific versions of their favourite games such as Minecraft and Roblox.

Or, parents will often sign their kids up to summer Roblox coding camps - you can view the ones we run in the UK in our courses section.

Roblox is typically used to help teach coding rather than actual mathematic concepts, but, while there aren't the more usual equations that you would expect to find when teaching maths, Roblox utilises and encourages the use of mental mathematical calculations that often go on in the back of your mind without you thinking about it.

Whether it is estimating the size of a creation within the studio, how many items you need for a certain task, damage taken by your enemies when in combat or how much certain things cost in the in-game currency, these calculations all need to be made and taken into account when playing the game.

Certain weapons deal certain amounts of damage to an enemy, so you have to know how many hits you will need to get in before they are defeated. This is similar to having to work out change of money on the fly in a shop or estimating something's length without a tape measure.

There are even games that have been specifically made by players on the online communities that use maths problems as part of their puzzles, or as part of an online challenge.

7. Roblox can support reading and writing skills

It is commonly understood that children best learn when having fun, and with Roblox that's exactly what they do.

If a child is motivated to advance in Roblox, they'll need to have a good understanding of the written guides that appear on-screen.

If they're also playing with friends, they'll need to use the chat function to read and write messages back and forth as part of team play.

8. Roblox supports a curious mind

After a Roblox session, you might find that your child gets a lot more curious. Maybe they even want to research things for themselves.

Part of the game requires children to overcome challenges. To progress, they'll need to find hints and tricks to help them.

That could mean online research, such as Wikipedia or YouTube, or even a trip to the local library! Your child will have to analyse it all to find the best information.

It almost sounds like the kind of thing you'd do for a school project or paper, doesn't it?

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8 Reasons Why Roblox is Educational for Kids

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As a parent, you've no doubt heard of Roblox. It's a unique computer gaming platform. But did you know that it can also be a great learning tool? From academic to social skills, the games in Roblox and processes behind which children can develop them, could help children reach their full potential.

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This YouTube video talks about how ROBLOX is still for kids, despite all the new updates happening.

ROBLOX was originally designed for children to play, but was eventually designed for all ages

We should not punish children online for predators lurking, and instead focus everything on removing them.

ROBLOX can still be fun for kids as there are new games being created up and coming.

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Roblox Headquarters

Attn: Builders of Roblox

3150 S Delaware St,

San Mateo, CA 94403

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- Dear the creators of ROBLOX, I am a student from Garvey School District writing to you in regards to an issue that's been arising. It has come to my attention that within the growth of the app ROBLOX, there seems to be a huge problem with the playerbase. Some of your 18+ players have been doing predatory behavior with players below 18+. Now, this might ring the question in your fanbase: Should ROBLOX become restricted to 18+ users? With everything going on in mind, I believe that we shouldn’t restrict ROBLOX players to being 18+ only.

If we remove players below 18+, you will lose a large amount of income. This is because statistics from backlinko.com shows that 58% of ROBLOX players consist of teenagers and young adults. Removing this population percentage would mean losing out on a ton of money, as people below the age of 18 are more prone to spreading money on games, such as getting their parents to buy them robux for their birthday. Another idea to consider is that if the idea of 18+ users only is implemented, it might spark an outrage with the crowd. Many accounts would be lost or removed, meaning losing the existence of all hard work and progress made on an account. This could possibly cause upset protests against ROBLOX corporate squares and lawsuits made against ROBLOX.

Some people who believe ROBLOX should be limited to 18+ users might argue that there are ROBLOX predators preying on children on the platform. While this is true, why should we punish the children on this platform? Instead, one idea we should try out is separate ROBLOX platforms for younger children. Some benefits to this idea is that it would cause predators to stay away from the younger fanbase. Adults wouldn’t be abusing kids on the website, either. However, while this does not prevent older kids from bullying younger children online, adding a more functional report button should suffice.

With all things considered, this is why ROBLOX should not be limited to 18+ users, and instead should be separated into 2 different sections. If ROBLOX is split into 2 different platforms, it could prove to be beneficial in the long run.

Your Regards,

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From: Jenny Ly

8th grade