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Fashion site has sexual images, open socializing.

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What parents need to know

Parents need to know that this virtual doll dress-up site is an unregulated place full of comments and images inappropriate for kids. It allows registered users to interact directly and post their email address -- and there's no age requirement to register. Once you decide to actually play dress-up, you're taken off the site to Zwinktopia.com to create your doll. The site also lists HTML coding so users can add games and dolls to a MySpace page. Google sponsored ads and banner ads are on every page. The plus side: Older teens can exercise some creativity picking out outfits for their dolls.

Educational value: Not applicable.
Positive messages: The site's focuses on fashion offers a materialistic vibe with game descriptions like "Everyone loves to improve their apparent look with cool accessories and fashion trends."
Violence: The site features a number of outside links to video game sites that have violent games.
Sex: User comments like "hey what's [sic] up I love sex" are plentiful.
Language: Users are free to say what they want -- swearing is common -- in the comments. One example: "every one of y'all can go 2 hell. F--k y'all assholes, asshole f--k yourself."
Consumerism: Features shopping links on the site's home page. There are banner ads on every page.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking: Not applicable.
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Talk to your kids
Families can talk about the site's lack of safety precautions. What are the risks of posting your email and IM address publicly? Why is it important to confirm a site has a legit owner, even if you found it using a search engine or on a friend's site? Our Top Ten Tips for Kids for Viral Media can help with some Internet safety questions. Parents may also want to discuss the site's emphasis on improving self-esteem with fashion. Are clothes and shoes really the key to happiness and popularity?

Is it any good?

Is it any good?
 
The real question is who's providing the games? Who can tell? The site lists no owner, and the only site info given is the number of registered users and total games. That's a concern since free registration is required after using up the site's new user "credits." The only redeeming quality about this site is that kids can get a little creative choosing outfits. The site's games are kid-friendly; its structure is not. Given dressupgirl.net's lax safety policy, parents may want to consider shutting the computer down and pulling out some old-fashioned paper dolls -- or even Barbie -- instead.
This review was written by Erin Brereton
 
 

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Makiseba
parent
16
 
Not for kids
Keep your kids away from this website. While it has many cute and innocent games, inappropriate advertisement pops up while kids are playing. Ex. Ads for the Showtime show "The L Word" showing two women kissing, ads for some of their games showing animated scenes of a couple that although shown from the shoulders up, is clearly having sex by their movements, face expressions and lack of clothes.
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kop_mari
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17
 
good
Good, Barbie games, xitigames , xitigirls
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rebma97
teen, 14 years old
13
 
Iffy site
One of my sisters one on this website so I decided to go on. Some dress up games seemed innaprorpiate, and I haven't seen innapropriate ads but that's because I just ignore it. I didn't do a lot of exploring on this website, but I don't think it's safe.
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