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Tootsville
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Is it age appropriate?
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Not age appropriate for kids under 6, age appropriate for kids over 8; suggested age 8. -
Is it any good?
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Common Sense says
Safe virtual world charges for premium content.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 8 and Up
The good stuff
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What Parents Need to Know
About Tootsville
Parents need to know that this virtual world with chat and games charges up to $5.95 per month for access to premium content. Kids can play a more limited version for free. There's a store that sells plush toys (plus other merchandise), which can be used to activate a short-term premium membership. The site does a good job with safety issues -- there are thorough guidelines for kids and parents, and parents must activate kids' accounts before they can log in. They're also given the option of restricting their kids' Toots time, which can help considering that this site can be addicting. Chat is filtered, and moderators hang out wherever the kids can go. Kids can send messages to their buddies on the site. Younger kids, especially sensitive ones, can feel rejected if their requests to chat or become friends are ignored.
Read our full review by Susan Yudt
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about online safety and what's appropriate to share on a Web site and setting computer time limits. You can also discuss how to apply the social skills you learned in the virtual world to life offline: How would you approach a new friend? What would you do if someone was bothering you? Families can talk to older kids about how sites market their own merchandise.
Our Members Say
Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title on for age 17 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Safety is an issue
- User content isn't age appropriate
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Safety isn't an issue
- User content is age appropriate
- I rate this title on for age 6 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Safety isn't an issue
- User content is age appropriate
Great educational alternative to TV
I have an 8 year old and she loves Tootsville.com and all the games. I love that they are more educational than most of the free sites on the internet and she also gets to learn the value of money as she shops for things in the stores. I'm very happy with the content and security level of the site -- I set time limits for her and they also allow me to monitor her account from my own parent account (not that I don't trust her...it just makes me feel more comfortable).
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
KalliCutieGirl and Me RedRoseLove
We are best friends in the whole world we start talking on virtualbark.com then we tryed out clubpenguin.com and dizzyworld.com and then KalliCutieGirl has too leave virtualbark.com forever so we went on here and got are phone #'s.
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Ratings at a Glance
| 100% | of parents say it's educational |
| 100% | of parents feel the site is safe |
| 100% | of parents feel users contributed great content |
| 50% | of parents feel user generated content is iffy |
| 50% | of parents say it gives kids positive messages |
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