Late Edit (2016): I'm sorry for posting this. I was really dum when posting this 5 years ago. Anyone reading this topic now trying to get into the mature areas, you will have to wait until you are 18. It doesn't matter if your friends are impatient and grumpy about waiting for your birthday, you have to wait. This post is now pretty much just a waste of space. I'm 17, but I've searched around the website and it appears that it says by default ALL residents (that includes me and all other teens) are able to access General AND Mature areas and my friends have been telling me that I should be able to access mature regions and they know I have a teen account. I can't change my maturity level preferences and being stuck on General areas for almost 3 YEARS is getting on my nerves with all my other friends going to Mature areas as they please and by the time I turn 18, I'll have been stuck for about 3.5 years. My TEEN friends are also able to get to Mature regions with TEEN accounts without hacking or age verification! I've looked everywhere on how to fix this, and I've even tried on my own, but I can't. How do I fix this? To those of you who just say "You need to be 18 to access Mature regions," you didn't read this because I know for a FACT that I should be able to access Mature regions. I need a REAL answer. Edit: I actually read elsewhere on this site "By default, each Resident account has access to General and Moderate content," and it was written by LINDENS. It's the answer to the first question in the FAQs section: http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Maturity-ratings-and-search/ta-p/828865 According to the Lindens, the only thing I shouldn't have access to is ADULT content. This article was edited just a few days ago and it was made by HIGHLY, HIGHLY reliable Lindens! And to people saying by default people are assumed to be 18 or over, I don't think you read the word ALL. That includes TEENS. Now how do I fix the original problem so I can go to Mature regions?