Habbo.com - Virtual Hotel For Kids

Habbo Hotel is a virtual hangout for kids. This cyberworld provides a fully immersive playsphere for young ones to gad about playing games, chatting, and decking out their hotel rooms. While the site is free to join, Habbo members can buy Habbo coins to purchase furniture (check out the catalogue for the latest styles), adopt pets (there aren’t any hamsters, but you can buy yourself a cuddly crocodile), and join posh clubs. Get your Habbo moola from Target or use your dad’s credit card to buy coins directly from the site. As Habbo is geared for young minds, chats and are filtered and rooms are scrutinized; despite its being a hotel, there are certain things you simply cannot do. Members are barred from giving out email addresses and phone numbers.

“Habbo Hotel is a virtual community where you can hang out with friends, design your own unique space and create your own games and competitions.”

Habbo’s cute and very kid friendly. Your kids will learn how to decorate their own rooms, care for virtual pets, and fraternize safely. There are even info sessions about online safety. Habbo’s already quite popular too; they report over 80 million registered users.

More functionality on the way? Will parents be wary of too much virtual time? Will they disapprove of virtual spending of real money?