Parents' Guide to

DisneyFairies

By Dana Anderson, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 6+

A safe Neverland of fun and Disney products.

Website http://disney.go.com/fairies
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What you will—and won't—find in this website.

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Based on 2 parent reviews

whitegirl
whitegirl Parent of 12-year-old
October 24, 2010
age 13+

whitegirl does whatevery she wants

dont care what she does and she is 12
sungazelle
sungazelle Parent of 3-year-old
July 2, 2009
age 4+

Very nice site for girls to live their fairie dreams.

I absolutely love this site. I log on with my 3 year old, and she gets to fly around picking up flowers and playing all the little hidden games within PixieHollow. She still can't do everything, but i think by next year she will be able to navigate with no help at all. At three little girls can already figure out a lot of the stuff, and still the game would not be boring for older kids. Even i like going there! Disney allows parents to filter through the options that they will allow for their kids. Perhaps the live chat will also be optional. The only thing is the advertising. They advertise to both the kids and parents like crazy!!! They even make you pay fees if you want to really enjoy the full extent of the game. Truthfully, i am not a video game person, but this one is really high quality, so i truly recommend it.

This title has:

Too much consumerism
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What’s It About?

Disney's empire is expanding online into the youth interactive, virtual game arena with ideal tie-ins to movies and characters already familiar to kids. DISNEY FAIRIES.COM uses the generations-old Tinker Bell and her new friends (coming soon in Tinker Bell the movie on DVD in the fall ) to create a "virtual theme park" where young girls can create fairies, play games, print out real-life fairy party activities and crafts -- and encourage their parents to buy everything from Disney fairy room decor to a trip on a Disney cruise.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (2 ):
Kids say (22 ):

The site gives kids random name choices for their characters (a good safety tool) and a fake fairy address. Overall, DisneyFairies.com is safe, beautiful, and just plain fun imaginative fantasy for younger girls through perhaps second or third grade. But while she's dressing her fairies in fancy forest fashion, you may want to help your kid become aware of the site's subtle marketing practices and the sometimes overwhelming Disney branding.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about the differences between these fairy characters and other similar cartoon images of girls today, like Bratz. Do they all have similar looks? What is the difference between playing in an imaginary world that is created "for" you on a site, versus creating one on your own in the backyard? Also, for slightly older fairy enthusiasts, discuss why Disney would create a beautiful (and obviously expensive) site like this and not charge anything for it. What is Disney getting out of it?

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