I LOVE neopets. I am a 20 year old university student and i have been playing for almost 5 years. As far as i'm concerned, this is a great thing for kids to be doing. it's relatively safe (PARENTS SHOULD ALWAYS, ALWAYS monitor their children anyway), it teaches kids how to take care of a pet and can be used to teach a child to look after a REAL pet. No matter how many good reviews a thing gets, there are always going to be some people who don't like it, or who have bad experiences with it. overall it's a great site.