Your child spends hours on the computer in his room – what’s he doing? Maybe your daughter likes chatting online – who’s she really talking to? Do you pay for a monitoring service that sends you alerts about online activity? Do you ever worry about your own privacy and safety when you’re on-line? Did you…
Groovey! Outrageous! Totally rad and outasite! Those are a few slang terms that most parents recognize and understand. Others, such as cool, right on, and dy-no-mite have been around for sometime as well. Those are terms that are easy to understand. But our children have their own language, and with increasing use of the Internet,…
A long, long time ago, a concept was born to promote a family safe internet environment. That environment would provide a place where children would be able to explore the World Wide Web to their hearts content and not have worry about their safety. The name of that concept was WorldVillage, and it was created…
Making mistakes is something that everyone does in life. Heaven knows that I have made a mistake or two. Overcoming mistakes, and taking ownership for them is important as well. Some of them are so difficult that it takes other people to help not only see the problem, but overcome it as well.
Parent Soup is a nice little website I came across the other day, one that I thought would be great to share with you. It is one that is oriented towards parents with children, or those who will soon be having them. You will find the site divided into different areas such as babies, toddlers/preschoolers,…
As computer and Internet use grows, so do all-night game sessions, chat-room predators and family arguments about the computer. ENUFF is not just another filtering program. ENUFF is a versatile timer that lets parents control when and for how long their children can use their computers or be on the Internet, chat rooms and computer…
One day my son came home from school enthused about a program that one of his teachers had shown his class. It sounded quite interesting, especially since it seemed to get him interested in animals and biology type subjects. So he started watching it at home, and I decided to make it today’s FamSite. The…
If you are looking for a fun game to play, and spend some quality time on the Internet, not just surfing around, then today’s FamSite is one that you will want to explore. It is called Posnayko, is named for its main character Posnayko the badger. The creators use a concept called MEGAzine which incorporates…
Making mistakes is something that everyone does in life. Heaven knows that I have made a mistake or two. Overcoming mistakes, and taking ownership for them is important as well. Some of them are so difficult that it takes other people to help not only see the problem, but overcome it as well. Today’s Family…
Well, I have to finally cave in and feature a site about a subject that is the latest craze to hit kids around the country (and maybe the world). But this site is very interesting, since it has a budding young programmer as its Webmaster. Called Lokimon’s Pokemon, this site is a terrific fan site,…