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By Christy Matte, About.com Guide to Family Computing

Club Penguin Adds Parental Controls

Sunday June 1, 2008

Kudos to Club Penguin for their newest upgrades to the popular virtual world! They have added parental controls which allow parents to:

  • limit when and for how long their kids can use the site
  • change the password
  • switch between safe chat (limited phrases) and regular chat
  • monitor activities, such as bans

The changes will make the site even more appealing to the parents of younger kids who have been concerned about some of the creative wordplay being used to bypass filters. It also makes Club Penguin a virtual world to grow with... safer for young kids, but with more freedom available to older kids and those who have earned the privilege.

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