Roblox’s own numbers tell the story: nearly 40 million children under 13 log into the platform every single day. That’s a number roughly matching the entire child population of California, and most of those kids are chatting with strangers, wandering through unvetted game worlds, and doing it all largely out of their parents’ sight.

The platform’s safety record hasn’t been pretty. Researchers and advocacy groups have documented cases of kids encountering explicit content and, in worse situations, contact from adults who had no business talking to children. So when Roblox announced structural changes coming in June 2026, parents of elementary schoolers should probably stop scrolling and read this.

Here’s what’s changing.

Roblox is launching two new account types organized around age. The first is called Roblox Kids, built for children ages 5 to 8. The second is Roblox Select, covering users ages 9 to 15. This isn’t a checkbox in settings. It’s a fundamental restructuring of how the platform categorizes its youngest users and what they can see.

Roblox Kids accounts are the more locked-down of the two. Kids in that 5 to 8 bracket can only access games carrying Minimal or Mild content maturity ratings. Chat is off by default. The company says approved titles come from a “dynamically updated catalog” of thousands of vetted experiences, so the available game library isn’t small, it’s just filtered. For parents of kindergartners who’ve spent a Saturday morning worrying about what their 8-year-old is clicking into, the default-disabled chat is probably the single most meaningful change here.

Roblox Select is a different setup. The 9 to 15 age range gets access to content rated up to Moderate, and certain chat features may be enabled by default. It’s a more open environment, but parents don’t have to accept those defaults.

“Parents can customize these settings at any time,” a Roblox spokesperson told the platform’s users and press, making clear that account-level defaults aren’t locked in place.

The full breakdown of options lives on the Roblox parental controls webpage, which is worth bookmarking now so you’re not hunting for it in June. Scary Mommy covered the initial announcement in detail if you want a second read on the rollout specifics.

A few numbers worth holding onto: the Roblox Kids tier covers ages 5 through 8. Roblox Select covers 9 through 15. The platform claims the curated catalog runs to thousands of approved titles, so younger kids won’t run out of things to play. The changes go live in early June 2026, which means families have a window to get familiar with the controls before the update hits.

For parents trying to calibrate where this lands on the concern scale, it helps to compare to something like ESRB ratings, the voluntary rating system used for traditional video games. Roblox’s Minimal and Mild tiers function somewhat similarly, though the platform generates content differently from packaged games. The key thing isn’t the rating label. It’s that younger accounts are now excluded from content that wasn’t filtered before.

The parental controls page lets parents review exactly which settings apply to which account type, toggle chat permissions, and set screen time limits. None of this is automatic. The account type changes roll out in June, but parents who want tighter controls before then can already adjust settings on existing accounts.

55 million. That’s Roblox’s total daily active user count across all ages. The under-13 slice, at nearly 40 million, isn’t a niche demographic for the platform. It’s the core of the business. Which is part of why this structural move matters: Roblox isn’t doing this on the margins.

Whether the June rollout actually works depends on implementation. A dynamically updated catalog is only as reliable as the team maintaining it, and a default-off chat switch only helps if parents know it’s there. The Suburban Record will track how this plays out as the launch approaches.