The site is educational and i like it and im going into 5 th grade
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Webkinz
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Not age appropriate for kids under 6, age appropriate for kids over 8; suggested age 8. -
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Common Sense says
Buy a real toy and play with it online.
updated 07.04.08
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 8 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Webkinz
Parents need to know that this controlled site allows kids to "adopt" their store-bought toy animal and care for it online for one year. It does promote shopping and spending -- there are plenty of ways to earn and spend KinzCash (to buy clothes and furniture for the pet's room), and kids can purchase other Webkinz toys on the site's store. Also, sprinkled in with the fake "ads" (links to other areas of the site and "ads" telling kids to go out and play or to eat fruit) are a few real ads (for kids' movies, for example). Kids can participate in "controlled chat" (the exchanges are pre-scripted and personal information can't be shared). There are lessons to be learned about the responsibility of pet ownership: If a pet isn't fed regularly, he or she gets "sick" and makes a sad, droopy face. Happiness and health levels are shown on a meter that's affected by how often the pets are visited on the site, but if a kid loses interest in the site, the pet will be "sad" but won't actually die. With constant new features and daily and hourly events, kids might feel they miss out if they aren't online constantly, so you might want to limit computer time.
Read our full review by Amy Weaver
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the pros and cons of computer play. How can you balance computer play with playing in the "real" world? Families can also talk about the responsibilities of caring for a pet. What do you need to do to care for a pet?
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Lives in MissouriI rate this title on for age 6 and give itMy concerns are:- Excessive consumerism
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- User content is age appropriate
Awsome
- Lives in WashingtonI rate this title on for age 2 and give it
BBBAAADDD
HORRIBLE!!!!!!!
- Lives in New YorkI rate this title on for age 3 and give it
there is now deluxe membership
- Lives in MassachusettsI rate this title iffy for age 17 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive consumerism
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Safety isn't an issue
- User content is age appropriate
Cool.
I'ts a good Web Site. Butt ther face's are Dumb!
- Lives in CaliforniaI rate this title on for age 6 and give it
looks fun, but dumb.
they are cute but, the game is dumb.
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