I love it

A couple years ago, Addison found one of the olllllld Neopets plushies I got a few years ago from McDonald's, and insisted I look it up on the internet for her. (She wasn't very good at typing.) I did, and she fell in love with the site the first time she saw it. Addy quickly made an account, and created a wocky, one of the many species of Neopets. (Wockies look kind of like cartoon kitties.) Honestly, I'd say that the site is perfect for ages 8 - ... Well, you're never too old to have some fun! There are a lot of fun, active members, and the neomail system they have up is amazing. (Neomail is like an email system within the site.) There are about a thousand games - Literally. Most are educational in some way, and it's a very safe, child-friendly site. There are art and writing competitions, and it's a lot of fun to participate in these. (Addy loves the writing ones - She's always writing something or other!) She loves to dress up her pets with the wide variety of clothing available for them, and is extremely creative. (Her pets have been everything from rodeo clowns to Bugs Bunny to Brittany Spears!) I think it's a great site, and I would certainly create an account on Neopets if I had the time to actively play on it! I do, however, advise keeping your very young children off of this site - Some of the members are... Less than friendly, and sometimes they can use a bit of language I wouldn't allow Addy to use. Most of the members are at least twelve, but the older ones are generally very friendly to the younger ones, and the new players/players that have been on hiatus for a while. Overall, though, I love it and would recommend it to anyone!

My son, who is 5 years old, has an account and so do his friends. On this site, not only do they learn how to take care of a pet,but they learn about the value of money. They can have a bank account and make deposits, withdrawls, and collect interest.

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I haven't seen any of these yet so I'll post it. I am a veteran neopets player. I have been playing for over 3 years now. I will admit that Neopets has gone downhill since being sold to Viacom (a move that many of us "veterans" have yet to forgive Adam and Donna, the original creators, for doing) as many of the pop ups have gone from harmless cereal, toys r us, and other child appropriate ads to, as UR put it, more adult versions. Now I WILL say that originally neopets was NOT a childs' site. it was in fact set up for students in College and was originally a college final exam for the original creators Donna and Adam. This was stated by the fact that you were able to give your neopets "Neorona" and "Neowine" which have, a year before I joined, changed to "Neocola" and "Achiffi" two coke products. However even noting this I still don't like the change, it has become more of a money maker; with the instillment of items that must be bought by NeoCash (a form of currency bought with actual money instead of neopoints, a form of currency that can be generated by playing games) I will also admit that there ARE slot machines, poker and other games where you gamble, as well as a "Carnavel" with games like "Cork gun Gallery" and "Test your Strength" that are rigged (hm.... sounds like real life to me..) against the player. As for the Neoboards. There are a few boards that aren't very good for younger players because of the imbalanced amount of people who are nice vs. mean. These tend to be the following: Battledome, Help, Fanclubs, and other worlds. The Evil things and monster sightings and Virtupets are more of a depends on time and place thing. Neopets also allows you to form what are called "Guilds" think of those clubs you used to have in school. This is both good and bad for most people and the reasoning is you are making a club with complete strangers so I will suggest parents monitor their children when they join a guild, although nowadays there are guilds that are strictly 18+ and they hold that rule sternly. Other than that it is pretty good

The site is fun for kids under 13, because they won't be able to interact with other players through the mail or boards. This is a good thing in my opinion because players on the boards can be incredibly rude and clique-y, treating wealth/pets as status symbols and often ganging up on less experienced players. There is also a security risk due to scamming by cookie grabbers, which may extend outside of Neopets accounts and into real bank/email accounts. Lastly, customer service is laughably bad. Unless an account is well-established among the community, there is very little chance that it will be returned if frozen. In fact, there's very little chance that you'll even get a non-automated response.

It could be quite addictive if it wasnt such a messy looking complicated site. My son enjoys playing a couple of games on there but isnt overly into it. There is minimal interaction with other users - its not a chat site at all.

Neopets is a great website for anyone from young teens to older adults. My wife and I both actually play the game ourselves and have for years. Our young daughter enjoys it as well. My mother-in-law also plays daily and it quite the expert. She is over 60. I highly recommend Neopets and we have also found the site *allaboutneopets* to be very helpful for anyone who lays the game.

I wouldn't recommend Neopets since alot of content is based on the "my pet is better than yours" philosophy. There is no separation between adults and children on the site and the moderators tend to take action against whistle-blowers instead of offensive players. The site is clogged with promotional offers that could end up costing you money if your child happens to the miss the fine print. Its also very cash oriented, many things can be bought with NeoCash, which is bought with real money, instead of NeoPoints, which is earned through the game. (NeoCash is a recent addition, which is fairly sad.) There is another site, Subeta.net, which is nearly identical and a smaller following. The community is much more helpful and more accepting overall. I still wouldn't recommend these types of sites for children under 10.