Common Sense Media Review
By Dana Anderson
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Macabre, death-obsessed obituaries rehash gory details.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 18+?
Any Positive Content?
Parent and Kid Reviews
Based on 11 parent reviews
Based on 22 kid reviews
Kids say the website is extremely inappropriate for young audiences, often left feeling disturbed by the graphic and morbid content. Many reviewers criticize its lack of child-friendliness and highlight the potential for emotional distress or nightmares, with some users claiming it can lead to harmful behaviors, while a few argue that it has educational value regarding the dangers of risky behavior.
- inappropriate content
- emotional distress
- not for kids
- potential education
- graphic imagery
- harmful behaviors
Summarized with AI
Summarized with AI
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.
Talk to Your Kids 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.
Website Details
- Genre : Social Networking
- Pricing structure : Free
- Last updated : February 15, 2023
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