My parents wont let me get xbox live for safety reasons, what do i do?

Well, you certainly haven't told anyone anything on Yahoo! answers, show them that you do this (y!a) and they'll let you.

Try to get them to actually read up on it rather than making knee jerk reaction. Don't whine and moan about it, just ask them nicely to please check out the Family Settings section of XBox Live.com at http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/familysettings/xbox360/familysettings-intro.htm That should provide them the info they need to feel comfortable.

If your parents won't let you get it, then.... You don't get it. That's all there is to it. You NEED a credit card on file to sign up, it's not optional, and if you're not 18, you can't get a credit card. It's Microsoft's way of verifying that if you're under 18, you have parental permission, and they can't get sued by your folks. So..... If you don't have Live, and your folks are against it, then you're not getting it. You might try talking with them more, possibly offering that you won't buy the headset for it (Not as fun without voice, but it's a compromise). Don't prod them too much, or they'll just get upset about it, and that doesn't help you at all.

Tell em its safe and no one will mug u

pay for it ur self

They won't let you on xbox live but they let you get on the internet? A lil consistency please. Edit: Thumbs down?

well when you make an account it just needs a credit card to get started but if you want your parents to be sure just call xbox live and they should talk to one of the workers to explain how it would work and talk about the family settings aswell

Explain to them what it actually is and that you wouldn't give out your details.

Give them your Mic, so you can still play/type and your parents know that you wont be talking to people.