I don't want someone to go through my addiction.

Well, I think that, you know, we-- the p- part of the solution is that we as adults need to be where our kids are.

And so we need to, adults, be in the game, we need to be immersed, and we need to ask questions, which is a perfect time to do that during the summer, coming from the summer to the school time as a reset.

This is a perfect opportunity for us to establish a wonderful routine for, um, new school year, new, uh, school supplies, new online opportunities for, uh, new routines with gaming, new routines with online.

So as we establish new routines, new morning routines, let's take the time to establish new online routines for our, uh, digital reset for our kids.

So let's tell our kids, "Hey, we're not gonna be online during these hours.

Uh, we're not gonna pick up a computer.

Yes.

I don't want someone to go through my addiction.

Well, I think that part of the solution is that we as adults need to be where our kids are.

And so we need to, adults, be in the game.

We need to be immersed and we need to ask questions, which is perfect.

coming from the summer to the school time as a reset.

This is a perfect opportunity for us to establish a wonderful routine for new school year, new school supplies, new online opportunities for new routines with gaming, new routines with online.

So as we establish new routines, new morning routines, let's take the time to establish new online opportunities.

kids and screen time how about adults and screen time as well we are back with dr elizabeth what about these streaming music outfits i mean is that one of the same thing because i'm seeing a lot of young people with those earbuds in and they're jamming out to their favorite songs and i don't know what what they're listening to but i do when i'm a dj at a local elementary school or a middle school i know what they're listening to does that involve this as well to get that under control

Now Elizabeth you speak to parents a lot about you know all of this and their worries what are parents most commonly asking for help when it comes to gaming and online spaces?

Yeah.

So I think it's interesting because I have, you know, two hats, one as global head of parental advocacy, where we have our parent council and our parent champions.

So I'm hearing from those parents, which I try to hear on a monthly basis.

And then, you know, I'm going out, I'm doing webinars and speaking with other parents talking about Roblox.

But I also still do a bit of my continuous work as a digital parenting expert, you know, around the world.

So I'm just talking to different families whenever I can.

Why do you think that is?

So I think what I'd like to ask is, why do families depend on screens so much today? And what does that tell us about the pressures modern parents face? How can conversations around screen use move away from blame and more towards support?

Yes.

Tough question.

Again, you're bringing out all the hard stuff.

I think just to respond to your own story about, you know, with you with your flip phone at 16 and seeing screens everywhere.

I mean, think back to when your parents were kids, you know, and again, Think about like televisions.

They weren't seeing televisions everywhere.

So from your perspective, what kind of long-term impact can this early and frequent screen exposure have on children? If there's one digital habit that parents can start building today that will genuinely matter when their child becomes an adult, what would it be and why?

And she first explained to me the difference in more detail between Roblox Kids and Roblox Select.

We are... bringing out Roblox Kids and Roblox Select.

And the whole idea is for us to really help parents align the content, the communication settings, and even the parental controls with the user's age.

And so this is just really intentional to make sure that we have children in the right buckets that are age appropriate.

And of course, always with parent oversight.

So to break it down specifically, there is Roblox Kids, which is for children five to eight years old.

And here they can do a global age check tag by our global age check technology, or they're verified by a parent.

How will you ensure at Roblox that the games, the content is in the right bucket for the right age group?