Dad warns against popular online kids game

A FATHER has been left horrified after finding vile messages in a popular game on his son’s iPad.

Ian with his two sons

A MORTIFIED dad has expressed serious concerns over an online game — aimed at children — which allows strangers to contact and communicate with young kids.

Roblox, which markets itself as a gaming site for kids and teens, invites children into a virtual world to “create adventures, play games, role play and learn with their friends”.

It has more than 30 million unique monthly users — predominantly kids.

Dad Iain Morrison wants the chat facility on the site removed as it allows strangers to message kids directly.

The former rugby league player for Hull in England, claims the game — targeted at children aged 8 to 12 — is being used by adults to groom vulnerable youngsters after finding vile messages from a predator in the iPad game used by his eight-year-old son.

Mr Morrison decided to use the game — dubbed the new Minecraft — after reading a worrying article about it online.

The dad was horrified to find the vile message on his son's iPad as he was playing this game

He asked his two boys, aged 8 and 11, if they used the game and they said they did, so he decided to check it out.

Shockingly within 15 minutes of playing, the 33-year-old father was shown sexual positions, and told he was “sexy” and “cute”.

“They asked me to follow them to their house, then into the bedroom and asked me to lay down on top of them and then they started with the sexual movements.”

The disturbed father-of-two has deleted the application from his boys’ iPad and encouraged others to do the same in a Facebook post.

“It’s full of f**king paedophiles if you ask me it’s completely messed up it’s turned my guts, anyways it’s deleted off their computers forever and I’d highly recommend you check your kids to see if they have it and get rid of it,” he warned.

Roblox has published advice for parents on its website which details ways to keep kids safe.

The game allows an account to block other users that may be harassing, bullying or spamming, regardless of age.

Roblox also monitors all chats for inappropriate content or behaviour. Players age 12 and younger can have locked privacy settings to prevent contact from people they don’t know.

Kidspot has contacted the makers of Roblox for comment.

This article was originally published on Kidspot