Parent Safety Guide: How to Set Up Roblox for Kids
Parental controls, chat restrictions and privacy settings — the step-by-step to keep your child's account safer.
Roblox has a robust set of parental control tools — the problem is most families never configure anything beyond the default account. This guide covers the most important settings.
Essential Settings
- Register the child's real birth date — this automatically activates age-based content filters
- Turn on the account settings PIN to prevent the child from changing settings alone
- Restrict who can send chat messages to: friends only, instead of 'everyone'
- Turn off sharing of location and contact information on the profile
- Link the child's account to a parent account using Roblox's Parental Controls
Talk to the child about the reasons behind the restrictions instead of just applying them silently — it reduces the chance they'll try to sneak around the settings.
Warning Signs
Watch out if the child is being pressured by another player to move the conversation to another app, to share personal information, or to buy items/Robux for 'someone else'. Report any suspicious behavior directly on Roblox.