As a parent I can’t stand Roblox. A while back Bedwars game on it was all the kids would talk about, then it was Grow a garden, now the worst of them all, Steal a brainrot.
Friends turn on friends and steal their items. Lots of crying and yelling. My child starts having tantrum if they can’t play. A friend’s child started hitting them with fists because they weren’t allowed to play.
The problem is that all the kids play this game and it’s their form of communication so I don’t want to completely ban it. Right now I block it on the router during the week and only allow it on weekends or when friends come over.
My other complaint is the currency they use, Robux. After 10, all kids want for their birthday is that. Some kids spend it on the stupidest things. When they run out of currency they go into a game called please donate and beg for more money. They also trade rare items for currency and some make items and sell them in the store to make money.
If the kid is banned by parents they find creative ways to play, they hide the app from Home Screen and play when studying, or wake up really early to play on their device, they play on school laptop using websites that run android emularors, etc.
I guess I’ll mention something positive as well. One child I know actually enjoys building their own games and publishing them. It rare thought and I haven’t seen many kids do that. They usually load up Roblox studio, play around with it for a bit and never ouch it again.
I miss the days of creative fun with Minecraft and wish the kids would have played that instead of Roblox.