Why it's important: Roblox has a wide range of content – some totally safe, and some very disturbing. With the right settings, you can easily limit and even block dodgy experiences for your child.

For the most part Roblox works pretty well, but sometimes you get errors like ‘Failed to Download or Apply Critical Settings.’ Figuring out the problem is a bit of a head-scratcher. Regardless ...

But while Roblox is indeed free to play, the game will happily sell you Robux — an in-game virtual currency for upgrades and avatar accessories. And, if you don’t have the game’s robust parental ...

Roblox continues to update its parental controls, adding three new features to improve child safety on the platform.

Following recent reports and criticisms of Roblox's child-safety protections, the younger-skewing online gaming platform is implementing new measures.

Additionally, new communication settings for users under 13 that will be automatically implemented by Roblox unless a parent chooses to override include users no longer being able to use "platform ...

What are the risks associated with Roblox? While Roblox has an age rating of 7+ it doesn’t have to set an age limit on the individual games offered inside it. This is where things can get tricky.