Parents' Guide to

ESPN

By Dana Anderson, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 10+

Sports heaven is safe, but news has mature stuff.

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A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this website.

Community Reviews

age 11+

Based on 5 parent reviews

age 2+

Great Website that is great for kids

I think this is suitable for children of all ages. It shows sports highlights and is family friendly.

This title has:

Educational value
Great messages
Great role models
Easy to play/use
age 18+

nudity in this app

After they release their body issue there is now nudity on the app

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (5):
Kids say (3):

Brimming with features, the site boasts so much info for kids that many may not even feel the need to move onto the ESPN.com SportsNation message boards. Indeed, the boards seem to be relatively on-topic and clean, and there's a "report violation" option on every post if anything does appear that is against the site's stringent rules. Yet there are some hard-hitting topics like doping, racism in sports, and other politically and ethically charged discussions that less mature teens may not be ready to engage in without guidance from a parent.

Fully registered users can create a MyESPN profile to customize the site, have conversations with other users, and create a profile and blog. But this, too, has a safer privacy feature built in for the younger users or anyone who wants to keep it private.

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