26
submitted 2 days ago by Gem@lemmynsfw.com to c/games@sh.itjust.works

"My first message would be, if you're not comfortable, don't let your kids be on Roblox. That sounds a little counter-intuitive, but I would always trust parents to make their own decisions," the company's director noted.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I see the goal of parenting is not to insulate or protect your children from the world and its infinite threats. Instead parents should equip their children with good judgment by the time they’re adults. It’s impossible to put up enough bubble wrap to stop fools from injuring themselves. You rightly point out smoking due to the addictive nature of nicotine, which is an extreme example. Roblox, we can both agree (I bet) is less extreme. At the end of the day you cannot legislate everything and need to pick and choose the worst offenders, which I do not see Roblox making the cut. Should we try to rid the world of sharp rocks through legislation? Where’s the line? It falls in the screen time and wild internet categories for me, which do need to be managed by me. The best solution is teaching good judgment and modeling good behavior, and there’s really no way around the hard work it takes to parent. Roblox shouldn’t be blamed for parents who do not or cannot spend time with their children to get it right. You’re not wrong, we simply differ on where to draw the line.

this post was submitted on 15 Mar 2025
26 points (96.4% liked)

Games

18088 readers
233 users here now

Video game news oriented community. No NanoUFO is not a bot :)

Posts.

  1. News oriented content (general reviews, previews or retrospectives allowed).
  2. Broad discussion posts (preferably not only about a specific game).
  3. No humor/memes etc..
  4. No affiliate links
  5. No advertising.
  6. No clickbait, editorialized, sensational titles. State the game in question in the title. No all caps.
  7. No self promotion.
  8. No duplicate posts, newer post will be deleted unless there is more discussion in one of the posts.
  9. No politics.

Comments.

  1. No personal attacks.
  2. Obey instance rules.
  3. No low effort comments(one or two words, emoji etc..)
  4. Please use spoiler tags for spoilers.

My goal is just to have a community where people can go and see what new game news is out for the day and comment on it.

Other communities:

Beehaw.org gaming

Lemmy.ml gaming

lemmy.ca pcgaming

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS