 | ON: Content is age-appropriate for kids this age. |
 | PAUSE: Know your child; some content may not be right for some kids. |
 | OFF: Not age-appropriate for kids this age. |
 | NOT FOR KIDS: Not appropriate for kids any age. |
http://dressupgirl.net
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Fashion site has sexual images, open socializing.
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Kids say
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.
What's it about?
DRESSUPGIRL.NET offers teens a tempting number of dress-up games, such as "Dress-Up for a Vacation" and "Impress Sexy," featuring underwear-clad girls with clothing, accessory, and make-up options. Once registered, users can send private messages and add other visitors to their IM lists. Able to communicate off and on the site, dressupgirl.net's users appear to have free reign to say anything -- and they do. Some post naked breast photos as their ID. Site game comments (listed as reviews) include "she was damn right sexxxy" and "for fuk sake!"
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.
What families can talk about
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?
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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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good
Good, Barbie games, xitigames , xitigirls
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More suitable for 16+
I'd would've given this 3 stars (maybe 4), since it's fun, but I don't think the site is always appropriate for tween, (one game had 'sexy' in the title) even though I think most tween girls would want to play dress up games.
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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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| Genre: | Fashion/Beauty |
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