World of Warcraft's parental controls were designed to provide parents and guardians with easy-to-use tools for creating play schedules for their children. With these tools, parents and guardians can easily manage their child's access to World of Warcraft from any PC with an Internet connection. No World of Warcraft after 8:30 on weeknights? Or, no more than three hours of playtime on the weekends? Our parental controls system enables parents and guardians to set start and stop times for any day of the week -- access to the game outside of those set schedules will automatically be prevented. We've also provided a number of pre-set schedules, such as "weekends only" and "after school and weekends," to make things even easier.

The parental controls schedule is displayed on the Parental Controls page within the Account Management section of www.WorldofWarcraft.com. Every day of the week is broken up into 30-minute segments, and each segment can be set to "able to play" or "unable to play." As mentioned above, players cannot log in during a scheduled break, and if a player is already in the game when a scheduled break is set to begin, the game will automatically disconnect the player.

In-game voice chat usage can also be managed via the parental controls system. Parents and guardians who are worried about their children talking with strangers online can choose one of three voice chat settings: "Listen and Speak," "Listen Only," and "Voice Chat Off."

Please refer to the Parental Controls Frequently Asked Questions page to learn more about how to set up and use World of Warcraft's parental controls, or visit the Parental Controls page to get started.