 | 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. |
My Death Space
Common Sense Media says
Macabre, death-obsessed obituaries rehash gory details.
Parents say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this site details stories of untimely deaths, linking the profiles of MySpace users with their obituaries -- although the two sites are completely unrelated. The stories are generally about young people who have died tragically -- suicides, murders, domestic violence, car accidents, drug overdose. The more tragic and the more celebrity the deceased passing includes, the more attention it gets on this site.
Is it any good?
This online obituary site lets readers read and comment on death news about people with online or celebrity identities. If anything, perhaps teens and young adults who visit this site can be warned about the fatal dangers of drug addiction, depression, domestic violence and other unhealthy lifestyles. Overall, this site promotes fascination with untimely death in ways that are more scary than supportive. In theory, there's a useful purpose for a site like this, similar to
the obituaries in newspapers. In practice, however, most parents will
not be comfortable with their children, teens or young adults spending
much time on this site, which feels more like an obsession with death
than a new way to record personal passings.
Online interaction: Any registered user can post comments and information about a death. The interactions are grim but not necessarily mean.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about how to manage kids' exposure to violent media.
Also, discuss why an entire site focused on death, especially the tragic deaths of young people, may not be such a safe and healthy place to spend much online time. Review Internet Safety Tips for Teens.
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NO WAY
IF KIDS SEE THIS THEYLL GET NIGHTMARES FOR LIFE IM NOT KIDDING
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Kid, 12 years old
September 23, 2011
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YOU'RE CHILD COULD GET KILLED ON THIS SITE!!! IF I SAW ANYONE DIE LIKE THIS IN REAL LIFE, I WOULD BE HORRYFIED
Definetly NOT for kids!!! At a Part with me and all the kids in my grade every kid, BOYS & GIRLS dared me too look this up since i was the toughest, strongest and fastest of all, but all of us freaked out we saw EVERY DEATH IMAGINABLE there's shots of privates death by sex, blood and gore everywhere!!! IF YOU SAY A WORD TO ANYBODY HERE THEY WILL YELL ALL THE SWEARS IN THE BOOK!!!!!!! People die from suicide, domestic violence, you name it!!! People also die from drug overdoses etc. THERE IS HORRIBLE PROTECTIONS. If I saw this in life, it would be horryfying.
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I hate it helllooo! it encourages kids to comit suicide. Suicide is against god I am a Jehovah Witness and I believe that if God gave you your life it is not so that you can take it away from yourself.
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ANYONE WHO LIKES THIS OBVIOUSLY LIKES DYING
Cynical, Gory, Ultra-violent, foul, sexy, druggy call it anthing BUT for kids! I think it is more innapropriate than Chatroulette
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Kid, 10 years old
August 19, 2011
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VERY VIOLENT!!! NO KIDS AT ALL NOT EVEN TEENS, I'M COUNTING 19!!!!!
WAY too violent for kids, I was forced to go on on a party prank and it was scary as hell, blood, gore, drug death, domestic killing, car accidents, deaths of celeberties, no kids even 19, only for perverted adults 20+
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A Lesson Taught
It's gruesome. But it tells you what can happen. If 5th graders can watch "The Broken Toy" in guidance concealing. They can see this.
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How to keep your child alive.
Good for teaching children to avoid behaviors that can get them killed. It shows them the reality of terrible decision making. That life is short. You never know when you're gonna go. (Car accidents and murder happem. Things you cannot control.) So, live it up!
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STOP BEING RIDICULAS THIS IS NOT FOR KIDS!!!
Way too violent, plus curses like f--k are added, I've seen every death on there, UGLY, plus people claim there f--king hookers, HORRIBLE safety too
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Freaky
i just read the comments and i dont even want to go anywhere near that site
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Disappointed.
Very disappointing, I would have stayed longer if it looked better and everyone wasn't so.... GRIEVING all the time. Gosh, lighten up, it's not like someones throwing puppies in a river
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