Is It Safe for Kids?
Straight answers on the apps and games your kids actually use — the real risks, the right age, and the exact settings to make each one safer.
Is Roblox safe for kids?
Gaming
Roblox can be safe for kids when parents turn on Account Restrictions, set an age-appropriate content level, and lock settings with a parent PIN. The biggest risks are open chat with strangers and pressure to spend Robux — both are manageable with the built-in parental controls.
Read the guideIs Minecraft safe for kids?
Gaming
Minecraft is one of the safer games for kids, especially in single-player or on private worlds. Risk rises on public multiplayer servers where chat and unmoderated communities appear. Use a Microsoft child account with Family Safety settings to control who your child can play and chat with.
Read the guideIs Fortnite safe for kids?
Gaming
Fortnite is rated Teen (13+) for cartoon violence, and its real risks are voice chat with strangers, pressure to buy V-Bucks, and late-night play. For kids under 13, use Epic's Cabined Accounts and parental controls, disable voice chat with non-friends, and set spending limits.
Read the guideIs TikTok safe for kids?
Social Media
TikTok's minimum age is 13, but its algorithm can surface mature content fast, and direct messages plus public profiles expose teens to strangers. If your teen uses it, enable Family Pairing, set the account to private, restrict DMs, and turn on Restricted Mode.
Read the guideIs Snapchat safe for kids?
Social Media
Snapchat's disappearing messages, Snap Map location sharing, and 'Quick Add' stranger suggestions make it one of the riskier apps for kids. It's for ages 13+, but we suggest 16+. If used, enable Family Center, turn on Ghost Mode, and lock down who can contact your teen.
Read the guideIs YouTube safe for kids?
Video
Standard YouTube is built for 13+ and can surface mature content and predatory comments. For younger children use YouTube Kids or a parent-supervised Google account, turn on Restricted Mode, and disable autoplay so kids don't drift into inappropriate videos.
Read the guideIs Discord safe for kids?
Chat
Discord is a 13+ chat platform where kids join servers full of strangers, with voice, video, and DMs. It's a known space for grooming and scams. If your teen uses it, keep them in private, invite-only servers, enable the safety 'Family Center', and lock DM filtering to its strictest setting.
Read the guideIs Instagram safe for kids?
Social Media
Instagram is for 13+ and now offers 'Teen Accounts' with stricter defaults. Real risks include DMs from strangers, appearance-based comparison, and mature content. If your teen uses it, keep the account private, enable supervision, and restrict messaging and sensitive content.
Read the guideIs WhatsApp safe for kids?
Messaging
WhatsApp is a 13+ messaging app that's relatively safe one-to-one, but group invites, unknown-number messages, and forwarded scams are the main risks for kids. Lock privacy settings so only contacts see their info, and teach them to ignore messages from unknown numbers.
Read the guideIs Among Us safe for kids?
Gaming
Among Us is fairly kid-friendly in private matches with friends. The main risk is text and quick-chat with strangers in public lobbies. Use private games with people your child knows, or set chat to the censored 'Quick Chat' mode to limit stranger contact.
Read the guideIs Twitch safe for kids?
Streaming
Twitch is a 13+ live-streaming platform where content is unpredictable and live chat is hard to moderate. Mature language, gambling-style content, and stranger contact via chat and 'whispers' are the main risks. If used, follow only vetted channels and disable whispers from strangers.
Read the guideIs BeReal safe for kids?
Social Media
BeReal is a 13+ app that posts a simultaneous front-and-back photo once a day. It's lower-pressure than most social apps, but the daily photo can reveal your child's location and surroundings, and the 'Discovery' feed shows strangers. Keep posts to friends only and turn off precise location.
Read the guideIs Kick safe for kids?
Streaming
Kick is a live-streaming platform known for very light content moderation, which means gambling promotions, explicit language, and mature streams are common. Its terms set an 18+ minimum. We don't recommend Kick for children; older teens should only watch specific vetted streamers, never open browse.
Read the guideIs Telegram safe for kids?
Messaging
Telegram allows huge public groups, largely unmoderated channels, and easy contact from strangers, so it's a common place for scams, explicit content, and predatory contact. It's not built for kids. If an older teen uses it, lock privacy settings so only contacts can add or message them.
Read the guideIs Reddit safe for kids?
Social Media
Reddit hosts millions of communities, including plenty of mature and explicit ones, and DMs let strangers contact users. It's technically 13+, but the open content and adult subreddits make it better suited to 16+. If a teen uses it, keep 'adult content' off and restrict who can send chat requests.
Read the guideIs Steam safe for kids?
Gaming
Steam is a game store and social platform with a huge library ranging from kid-friendly to adult-only. The main risks are mature titles, chat with strangers, and community content. Use Steam Families (parental controls) to approve games, limit chat, and require your PIN for purchases.
Read the guideIs Rec Room safe for kids?
Gaming
Rec Room is a social VR/game platform where kids interact with strangers via voice and chat in shared rooms — a real grooming and inappropriate-content risk. Use a Junior account for younger players, enable parental controls, mute strangers, and stick to moderated rooms.
Read the guideIs Messenger Kids safe for kids?
Messaging
Messenger Kids is one of the few apps actually built for children: parents approve every contact, there are no ads, and there's a parent dashboard. It's safe when set up correctly. The main thing to watch is who you approve and keeping an eye on group chats.
Read the guideIs Pinterest safe for kids?
Social Media
Pinterest is lower-risk than most social apps, but search and recommendations can surface mature imagery and unhealthy diet/self-image content, and messaging allows some contact. For 13+, keep the account private where possible, avoid open search for younger teens, and discuss content comparison.
Read the guideIs X (Twitter) safe for kids?
Social Media
X (formerly Twitter) allows explicit content by default, has a fast-moving feed of unfiltered news and opinions, and lets strangers reply and DM. Its own store rating is 17+. We don't recommend it for children; older teens should lock DMs and enable sensitive-content filtering.
Read the guideIs Yubo safe for kids?
Social Media
Yubo is a 'make new friends' live-streaming and swiping app marketed to teens, which means it's designed to connect kids with strangers — a significant grooming risk. Despite age-verification efforts, we don't recommend it for children. If a teen insists, they must never share location, school, or contact details.
Read the guideIs Brawl Stars safe for kids?
Gaming
Brawl Stars is a fast, cartoonish battler that's fairly kid-friendly. Its main risks are club chat with strangers and constant pressure to buy gems and skins. Turn off or limit chat, play in clubs with people your child knows, and lock down in-app purchases.
Read the guideIs Call of Duty safe for kids?
Gaming
Call of Duty (including Warzone and Mobile) is rated Mature 17+ for intense, realistic violence, and its open voice chat is notorious for toxic language and stranger contact. It's not appropriate for younger children. For older teens, mute voice chat with non-friends and set spending limits.
Read the guideIs Poppy Playtime safe for kids?
Gaming
Poppy Playtime is a horror puzzle game with jump scares and creepy imagery that can frighten younger children, and its popularity spawns scam clones and mature YouTube content. The game itself has no open chat, so the bigger risks are age-appropriateness and fake copycat apps.
Read the guideIs Facebook safe for kids?
Social Media
Facebook is a 13+ platform where the main risks for young teens are friend requests and messages from strangers, oversharing personal details, and exposure to scams and mature content in groups. If a teen uses it, set the profile to private, lock down who can contact them, and review Marketplace and group activity.
Read the guideIs VRChat safe for kids?
Gaming
VRChat is a 13+ social-VR world where kids share immersive voice rooms with anonymous strangers, and moderation is limited. Mature and explicit rooms exist, and the immersive nature raises grooming and exposure risks. We don't recommend it for younger children; older teens should stay in age-gated, moderated worlds only.
Read the guideIs Google Chat safe for kids?
Messaging
Google Chat is relatively low-risk, especially on a child's supervised Google account via Family Link, where you control contacts and settings. The main things to watch are messages from unknown addresses and links shared in chats. Use Family Link supervision and teach them not to open links from strangers.
Read the guideIs Clash of Clans safe for kids?
Gaming
Clash of Clans is fairly kid-friendly strategy gameplay, but clan chat connects players with strangers, and it pushes real-money gems and offers hard. Join clans with people your child knows, disable or limit chat, and lock down in-app purchases to keep it safe.
Read the guideSettings help. Skills protect.
Parental controls block some risks — but kids stay safe when they can spot a predator, a scam, or a phishing trick themselves. That's what Cyber Jack teaches.