Barbiegirls Is A Hundred Percent Unfair.Parents,Why Pay Real CA$H For Virtual Things? I Dont Let My Kids Buy Any Things From The Internet Or Even That Mp3 They Give Out In Stores. But Once My Daughter Bought Herself An Mp3 Player That Was Barbie,She Plugged It In Did All The Instructions, And 2 Weeks Later,Her Account Has Expired,But She Had An Mp3. So As A Mom Of 8,Moms In The Outside World,Dont Get Tricked. I've Been There.Never Goin' Back. I Really Hope That Helped.
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Safe virtual world is still about buying stuff.
updated 12.05.08
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 8 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About BarbieGirls
Parents need to know that Mattel has gone to great lengths to make this girl-centric world a safe place to be. Chatting is monitored and special filters in the public rooms prevent personal information from being shared. The bad part is that girls are encouraged to embrace all things Barbie from fashion/beauty (choose an avatar's hair, eyes, clothes, and accessories), consumerism (go shopping), and home décor (pick a room's bed, walls, and furniture). Many of the goodies available online to girls who earn B bucks (virtual money) and a secret chat with preapproved friends are only unlocked with the Barbie MP3 player ($60 to buy). Though no ads are shown on this site, girls can earn B bucks or special codes by purchasing (with real cash) more Barbie products.
Read our full review by Dana Cotter
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about whether Barbie is a true representation of a girl. Do most girls look like Barbie? Families can also discuss the importance -- or lack thereof -- of being trendy and always having a new outfit to show off. Is it important to run out and buy the new hip shirt or pair of pants?
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I rate this title off for age 3 and give itMy concerns are:- Inappropriate sexual content
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BarbieGirls Is Truley Unfair
- Lives in MinnesotaI rate this title on for age 7 and give it
Barbiegirls is unfair!!!
Barbiegirls is unfair because it only allows people whom waste their money on all of this stuff to get clothes,pets,furniture,jewelery,etc. The 10 ammendments or whatever says that everyone is created(?) equally. Not just the people who can afford to pay like $20 a month or something like that. It is just a game so why should we have to pay for some cute digital clothes or fake furniture or even hairstyles? Overall I think barbiegirls is UNFAIR!!!
- Lives in MinnesotaI rate this title on for age 7 and give it
Barbiegirls is unfair!!!
Barbiegirls is unfair because it only allows people whom waste their money on all of this stuff to get clothes,pets,furniture,jewelery,etc. The 10 ammendments or whatever says that everyone is created(?) equally. Not just the people who can afford to pay like $20 a month or something like that. It is just a game so why should we have to pay for some cute digital clothes or fake furniture or even hairstyles? Overall I think barbiegirls is UNFAIR!!!
- Lives in MassachusettsI rate this title on for age 2 and give it
- Lives in ConnecticutI rate this title on for age 2 and give it
something is wrong,pls. help
ok, when i wanted to login to barbiegirls.com,i clicked go!.but when i clicked it,it would only say wait and then nothing happens!!!.i clicked again,thinking it was not refreshed,the same thing happened.i clicked refresh a lot of times nothing!so i decided to go to mywebsearch and i typed; barbiegirls help,then i saw this website, as a pick so i clicked here.i was thinking:maybe i can get help here.i registered and logged in.pls.help!
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