Common Sense Media Review
By Dana Anderson
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Sports heaven is safe, but news has mature stuff.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 10+?
Any Positive Content?
What's It About?
Sports fans young and old cheer whenever they go to ESPN.com, a comprehensive sports site packed with news, stats, schedules, polls, analysis, discussion, sports-related arcade games, videos, and more.
Is It Any Good?
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.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about why athletes are idolized in our culture. What do athletes do that should be praised? Criticized? On a lighter note, how can young sports fans use the information on ESPN to learn math (check out the stats), geography (team locations), or history?
Website Details
- Genre : Fan Sites
- Pricing structure : Free
- Last updated : October 25, 2022
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