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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for the advice. THe PP who mentioned laughing and interacting while playing the games - can they hear each other talk? or are they typing to each other? Thanks again.. [/quote]

You need to set your parental controls very strictly - like only chat with friends, and make sure you approve their friends list. They most certainly can hear other people and will be able to talk IF they have a headset with a microphone. Almost nobody types on video game systems because it is prohibitively time consuming (no keyboard). The voice chat on most games is super toxic. I'm a 40 year old man and I've had middle schoolers and high school kids calling me, literally, a "n*gger f*ggot" amongst many other terrible, terrible things. There is also just a tendency to gang up on people and to constantly blame others for team failures in team-based games. So whatever you end up doing, make sure they are only chatting with their real life friends. That's just my opinion![/quote]

Sounds like excellent advice. Ty[/quote]

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