Linden Lab Official:Teens in Second Life

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Teens in Second Life

Second Life is generally for adults 18 years and older; however, teens can use Second Life with some restrictions:

• Those 16-17 years old can access regions and search results that have a General maturity rating.
• Those 13-15 years old can access Second Life through an affiliated organization and will be restricted to the private estate of that organization. Only avatars approved by that organization will be able to enter these estates. These Residents will not be able to use Second Life search or purchase items from the Marketplace.

Are Linden Homes available to users under 18?

At this point, no. 16-17 year old users will continue to be able to have the other benefits of becoming premium account holders. However, they will not be able to access Linden Homes until they turn 18.

Organization (NPOs, educational institutions, etc) transfers to the Main Grid

Will anything change regarding access to our estates?

All organizations serving users under the age of 16 must keep their estates private, with 13-15 year old accounts limited to these estates. Access to the estate by users 16 or older will be at the discretion of the owner of that estate.

Will all avatars be limited to our estates?

All users under the age of 16 must remain limited to that estate. Access to the regions by other users (including organizational staff) will remain at the discretion of the estate owner. These authorized users can be allowed onto the estate by using estate privacy and whitelist features.

Can new organizations that wish to serve under 16 users join Second Life?

Yes: to serve under-16 users, you must limit them to your new Second Life estate. To do this, you must:

• Use the Registration API.
• Have a private region (island) in Second Life.
• Bring teens onto this island through your own website.

You can form groups that include teens and IM and exchange objects with teens who come in through your Reg API. However, in this case, these accounts will NOT be able to leave your island and visit other spaces, search within Second Life or purchase from the Marketplace. In this "closed island" model, you can form groups, IM, and exchange objects with them; but all these activities are limited to your island.