[em-bee]

on average roblox games are not much worse than most other free-to-play games with in-game sales, especially compared to mobile games. i let my kids play almost anything (screened for violence and other undesirable stuff), but i don't allow them to spend any money on games whatsoever. not even their own.

i want them to learn and accept that computer games, and especially in-game sales, are not something to spend money on. they can do that when they are grown up and have learned the value of the money through their own work. we don't let kids smoke or drink alcohol either. some things don't need to be learned that early. (i didn't learn anything from getting pocket money as a 10 year old, but later i got all the money i needed to build my own bike and travel through europe on my own because i could justify the expense. (while we were living on social security))

Roblox plus video calls means they still get to play together regularly

that's the reason i loosened the "no phone" policy, because roblox no longer works on linux/wine.