Whether you like it or not, kids love online games. And why wouldn’t they? Online games are fast paced with extraordinary graphics and cleverly designed reward systems. And whilst kids should be spending a good proportion of their downtime in the back garden, parents seem to be increasingly comfortable with online games occupying a proportion Read more…
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A friend of mine sent me an email the other day. She was concerned because she happened upon a very suggestive video while she was playing games on a social networking site. She was offered to earn points in her game if she watched an “ad”, only the ad was somewhat adult in nature and Read more…
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I thought it might be fun to do a post with some of the interesting things I have found lurking around the interwebs this week. This might give you some cool things to discuss with your teen and some cool apps and videos to share with your friends. So here we go! This video has Read more…
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If you happened to read my post, I talked about my friend EQ; she works at a video game store and is really shocked at the number of parents who pay no attention to game ratings and content of games when they are making purchases for their kids. So when the Supreme Court struck down Read more…
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I’ll admit it. I am addicted to Farmville on Facebook! I also play (somewhat addicted) Scrabble with my son and old friends on Facebook. If you are a “friend” of mine on the social networking site, you probably already know this about me because I always post the lost pink cow or ugly duckling I Read more…
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