Parents' Guide to Minecraft

There are many ways to enjoy the world’s blockiest sandbox as a parent. As part of Safer Internet Day, we made a guide to help parents explore the most relevant steps for setting up a fun and secure experience for you and your child!

00:00 - Intro
00:26 - What is Minecraft?
01:40 - How to create an account
01:53 - Accessing Parental Controls
02:46 - Parental Controls walkthrough
03:08 - Security settings
03:48 - Multiplayer games
05:06 - Staying safe

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[Sakibing]

I love how they mention both Java and bedrock but the safety settings only work on bedrock, and they never explain the difference

[NathanTowles]

Step 1: install forge modloader
Step 2: give your child unmonitored access to curseforge and modrinth

[ly]

Never thought i'd see the day where minecraft is THIS out of touch with its community lol

[Duckyosis]

I wish they showed off more of how minecraft is educational and not a bad thing to make it easier to convince parents to get it.
All the safety controls kind of makes it look insecure and risky for parents that don’t know much.

[captain_wren]

phoenixsc gonna have a field day with this one 💀

[qustnz]

we need a parent guide on HOW to play Minecraft

[yusaki]

I feel like the best way to keep your kid safe online is to teach them about online safety, not restrict them. My parents instilled in me enough knowledge that by the time it was my 11th birthday I was basically allowed unfettered access to the Internet including online Minecraft and I was perfectly fine.

[Yetr]

When parents try to understand Minecraft but end up being more confused than before

[PlantsVsZombiesGardenWarfare]

i cant wait for all the kids to use this video to show their parents to convince them to buy minecraft for them

[instantkarma]

Parents : I am sure our son is going to do so much great creative projects !
The child : Create mass villager genocide and explose everything with TNT.

[kolkagaming]

Note: this is done from Xbox, not by mojang

[shadowyt]

3:00 the sniffer casually walking into the other sniffers nose lol

[A_GodApple]

the parents watching this:
HITTING A CUBE ZOMBIE IS TOO VIOLENT

[JuPiTeR_]

No way children will still find a way to loop around all this

[avery]

When mojang doesn't know that most of the player base are above the age 13

[OqiviOrein]

I've never thought that this would be needed. I've done nothing with my parents involving Minecraft.

So of us are just built...that way.

[elminehuy]

Cool, an official animation without bare bones :)

[FedoraEnthusiast]

ah yes
never thought this would be real

[wildboyy]

0:32 Its a game with limitless potential and no set goal while limiting the game for kids

[superotter]

I can imagine a parent having watched their video after their child asks them to, the parent getting them bedrock edition on the kid's ipad, with full parental controls, and only being allowed to play on non-public servers, and then as the kid grows older, the kid starts getting to play later. Then the kid hears a cave noise at 10 pm one night and never plays the game again.