First and foremost, it’s important to understand that, one, there are safety controls available on gaming consoles like the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, and two, that there are a number of other safety precautions that both you and your child can take to help protect their safety and privacy on said consoles—most of which are mentioned in the article below. However, whenever I talk to parents about online gaming, I do my best to remind them that just because their child wants/has a gaming console that’s capable of online play, does not mean they have to use the online gaming service that comes with it, be it Xbox Live or Playstation Network. We don’t use the online service in our home.
These services are here when your child is mature enough to responsibly use it, but as long as they live in your house and you’re paying for that service, that’s a decision for you to make.
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