We now have 2 new types of staff, Senior Helper and Helper, and we have Hardcore now. I’d like to point out that the staff of FamCraft are very corrupt. What I like about The Sandlot is the good balance of different worlds available. No it is not safe for him to give out his IP (Or Internet Protocol) to anyone unless your network is secured by DDOS protection, you cay take the risk but it is not recommended, also keep in mind that it takes a lot of power to run a detected 24/7 server on a pc. From the lobby you can reach a standard survival world (grief protection is included); the SafeCraft world (no hostile mobs — great for littler kids); a world for resource gathering, and heaps of great mini-games including Paintball, Block Hunt, hunger/survival games, TNT Run and Skyblock. On many popular servers, people see children as free kills and will even tell them: Get good scrub or Get Rekt and learn to play. Thanks for your comment. I have to say that there are reasons as to why you were banned. Thanks for this! Would anyone try looking at play.mcball.net? Famcraft was set up by parents who wanted to make sure that kids had a safe place to play Minecraft online.

They even have great donation ranks starting at just $10! We also support a family-friendly environment with profanity filters, frequent admin monitoring and presence. The ip is play.hazecraft.net. Here is a good MineSquish starter guide for parents and young kids.

Thanks! So she and I began our own server with the primary focus on safety from bullying and inappropriate topics. Bottom line…my 8 yr. Old was allowed at his b.f.’s house 2 play minecraft online even after i specificly told the parent not 2 because afraid of online predators..id like info.

There are plenty of jobs that will earn you shillings, including weaponsmith, digger, builder, sorcerer, alchemist, and even pirate! (My Minecraft username is FigNoodle.). We couldn’t find a good family friendly place to play and that was how the server came to exsist. NO GRIEFING We are a whitelisted server, so you cannot join unless we are satisfied you are going to be able to folow our in game rules. I usually point them to this article and tell them to check out some of these fantastic servers instead! Hello! A quick google search and you were the first hit. There are also lots of hidden things to find throughout the map.

Then I read comments from my own server staff (most of them parents), and comments such as that from Tom Cox above, and that reminds me why I do it.
The article is well written and much needed. That was it. Thanks for running a great server – my son and I were having lots of fun playing on it last weekend. please join if you are a boy. I’ll be sure to add a link to the site. We have a very small server, built and run for our 9 year old role playing aspie boy. After a brief look at Towny Minions, it doesn’t look like it’s designed to be specifically child-friendly. The same bully showed up (under a different user name) and trolled/bullied him again. If your kid likes playing closely with a team inside a structured environment then they will likely enjoy this server. I found one called BizzCraft (play.bizzcraft.net) 2 years ago. I’ll be sure to share this with my Minecrafter groups January and April 2016. Voice chat can’t be monitored / censored unless you have humans willing to sit and listen to it 24×7. That’s great to hear! And thanks to Matt Doyle for creating the article. It’s really good that so many staff take the time to run these servers, and to keep them safe and fun for families to play on. If you do get griefed, the moderators are very careful to set everything right again (and ban the offender from the server). NO PVP

Any tips? I don’t think you’ll ever find the end all be all in filters.

Everything is logged and recorded for reasons like such. The “Use version” dropdown in the topmost window lets you choose the version. My kid has accessed loads of servers before I found your post, and I want to make sure only ones that I approve of (like these family friendly ones) are used. Yay! What an awful experience for your son and you. I did not know but when I herd aobut this I was so happy! A computer restart may help too. On almost all of the servers you note whether they have the anti-griefing plugins but I only saw one that mentioned the voice chat feature. The server includes some other nice touches such as “Server Champion” awards and recognising birthdays, which add to the sense of community. , The servers shown here look awesome. The Famcraft staff are attentive, helpful and chatty, and make a great effort to make sure everyone is playing safely and having fun. Thank you so much for this level of detail and I will feel good knowing my kids are safe and having fun.

Mainland is the main survival world, while Peaceful is a safer mode with no hostile mobs or fall damage. Spectrumcraft is a small community of friendly kind players. For example, the current version of Minecraft is 1.7.9, but many servers are still running 1.7.2, or even 1.6.4. At this time it is a towny server only, with many loyalty items in the loyalty shop that can be earned with loyalty points earned in game. I wish I had been looking over his shoulder more – he just assumed it was part of being online. I am a Helper on there and if you were banned, you were banned for a good reason. (To build in a town, you first need to show you can build a nice building in the sandbox within the spawn town.). Many thanks for all your hard work, and for the people running the servers! SOAR! 10 Kid-friendly Minecraft Servers to Ignite your Kid’s Social Superpowers Now that you have some tools in your back pocket to help you evaluate a server, here’s my “best-of” list. Finally we would really appreciate your feedback and any ideas you might have, so drop us a mail by filling out the contact form. I’d also like to say a big Thank You! Try entering the server’s IP address instead of its hostname and see if that works – if so, you have a DNS issue. I own one of the servers on this list, and I have to say, it’s a lot of work. its not in english, so i just need to know its ok. Now that you know the basics of playing online with Minecraft, here are 11 excellent Minecraft servers for you and your kid to play on. We are still looking for a Minecraft PE server v.0.11.1 for the iPad mini. Find all the best multiplayer servers for Minecraft Bedrock Edition. The main problem seems to be that there aren’t the tools/plugins for PE servers to help admins make it family-friendly. -on-game moderators present 24/7 https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:400%2C400i%2C700%2C700i|Material+Icons&display=swap,//www.planetminecraft.com/css/images.css?v=vScSiI66-BVDt12nl9qpoIUzX5X303D3IOf66iRGU9e43HRf,//www.planetminecraft.com/css/style.css?v=YUGxemnJvnSPn3buhRA382LpuhmWxUkdkmfpHGExkRTt7HVf,//www.planetminecraft.com/css/editor.css?v=ukWg49Tvdv0k0yKxmJiwr_eBBvrDeEZ4RNZdfkGI08V7C3Vf. As you spend more time on the server, you’re automatically given belts of higher rank, which in turn give you access to certain worlds, as well as a greater number of “homes” that you can set and warp to. All these servers are a minority in the online Minecraft community and are a safe haven for people who want to enjoy the game in a social atmosphere without fear of constant abuse, bullying, racism, sexism, intolerance and bad language. He recently asked me if we could start our own server. Thank you so much for this list. But he’s playing in safe worlds now – thanks to this article. Overall, this is a good server for kids who prefer to play in a safe, welcoming environment with a close-knit community. We also have a team of around 20 adult volunteer “staff”, spread all around the world, to keep an eye on things. why not try one of our daily random servers.

Although the server doesn’t let you claim land in the survival worlds, it does use the LWC plugin which lets you lock chests, doors, furnaces and so on. Children are called PrePubes and squeakers and are hated to be heard on voicechats. This relatively lengthy whitelisting process, combined with strict server rules, ensures that players are fairly well vetted before they play, and helps to foster a good community spirit.
Fortunately it’s easy to switch to different versions of the Minecraft client. 33 community score • 10 votes • 37 diamonds 27 favorited • 12 comments • 7,455 views. It also has a thorough tutorial when you first join. User referred here by: http://www.eliteenvy.com/best-minecraft-servers-lists-hosts-types/, Glad it helped Jacob! There’s also a Creative world, reached via a pretty hot air balloon. If you a family member or friend is on the spectrum and or homeschooled… Please come and join us! (That said, if you’d rather set up a completely private server for your kid and their close friends, check out Minecraft Realms.). Maybe try pleaing on the webiste? Do you happen to know of a way to restrict access to certain mc servers from a PC. Have you ever checked out the Family-Friendly server nyvaria?