Gaming
Is Rec Room Safe for Kids?
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.
Our recommended age: 13+ with junior account + controls
Top risks parents should know
- Live voice chat with strangers in shared rooms.
- User-created rooms can contain inappropriate content.
- Immersive VR can make contact feel more personal to kids.
How to make Rec Room safer
- Use a Junior account and link parental controls.
- Limit voice chat to friends and mute strangers.
- Keep to official, moderated rooms; play together at first.
Free: Family Safety Settings Checklist
One printable page — the exact privacy, chat, spending & location settings to lock down across every app and game. Enter your email and we'll send it right over.
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. We'll send occasional family-safety tips.
Gaming Safety Training
Grooming-recognition scenarios that apply directly to social VR.
Teach your kids to stay safe — not just block apps
Cyber Jack Academy turns online-safety skills into interactive lessons kids actually finish. Start free, or unlock the full family curriculum.