Roblox for Parents: Locking Down Your Child’s Account

By Kim Njuki October 17, 2026 Updated: October 17, 2026 3 min read

Roblox is where a huge share of young players spend their time, and the platform's safety model changed substantially in 2026 — the old four-digit parent PIN is gone, replaced by age-based accounts managed from a linked, age-verified parent account. If you are a parent reading older guides, most of them describe controls that no longer exist.

The new account structure

Since June 2026, every player under 16 has an account matched to their age: Roblox Kids (ages 5–8) and Roblox Select (9–15), with full Roblox at 16 and up. Roblox's parental controls page is the source of truth. The Kids and Select catalogs only contain games that passed extra review from verified developers, and chat of any kind now requires an age check.

Step one: link a parent account

Parental controls are managed from your own Roblox account, linked to your child's. You must be 18 or older and verify your age — typically with a government ID or credit card. From your child's account, go to Settings → Parental Controls → Add parent, enter your email, and follow the verification steps. Roblox's FAQ notes you can manage everything through age 12, with certain controls like game management and Direct Chat extending to age 15.

Step two: secure the parent account itself

This is the step most people skip, and it is the one that matters most. Your parent account controls the child's account, so if someone gets into it, they control everything. Roblox's own guidance and independent parenting guides agree: turn on two-step verification, use a unique password, and do not share the parent login. Anyone with that login can change the child's settings, manage linked accounts, and make changes to sensitive information.

What you can actually control

From the linked parent dashboard you can, per Roblox's documentation:

• Set the content maturity level (Minimal, Mild, Moderate, or Restricted) and block or allow specific games.
• Choose who your child can chat with — in-game chat, direct chat, and friends chat are separate settings, and the safest starting point for younger kids is the narrowest audience or "No one."
• Set a daily screen time limit and see a seven-day usage average.
• Set a monthly spending limit and get spending notifications.
• View, block, and report your child's connections.

The scam every parent should warn about

Roblox's help pages are unambiguous about one thing: any offer of free Robux is a scam, meant to take over the account. A password should only ever be typed on the actual Roblox login page, and never shared with anyone in-game. This is the single most common way young players lose their accounts — not a technical exploit, but a "free Robux" or fake-support message that convinces them to hand over credentials.

Sources

• Roblox — Parental Controls
• Roblox — Parental Controls FAQ
• Roblox — Parental Controls Overview
• gamers.wiki — Roblox Parental Controls: 10 Settings to Review