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by Linda Roeder on August 4, 2008
Let your kids learn about the Internet in a safe way, that is, if they can read Italian. MyPage.it has just come out in beta and is an entire children's network all in Italian. It looks like they ...
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Teens and Kids
by Linda Roeder on April 17, 2008
Our World is a virtual world for kids. It's geared around kids ages 8-12 and looks like a lot of fun. When you join Our World you get to first create your own custom avatar. Then you can dress you...
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Teens and Kids
by Linda Roeder on March 31, 2008
People are always talking about how to stop cyber-bullying and how bad it is. On JuicyCampus however, it's alright. JuicyCampus is geared toward the college kids and lets them say whatever they ...
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Teens and Kids
by Linda Roeder on March 4, 2008
With the advent of sites such as imbee.com and Industrious Kid your kids can now surf and network online without the fear and danger of most social networking sites. Both imbee.com and industrious K...
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Teens and Kids
by Linda Roeder on October 12, 2007
In the time I've been doing this blog I've written several entries on how to keep kids and teens safe on the Internet. I believe this is an achievable goal as long as a few easy steps are take...
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Teens and Kids
by Linda Roeder on August 24, 2007
I'm not really sure I believe this study by the National School Boards Association and Grunwald Associates LLC. It reports that kids who are on social networking sites talk about educational topic...
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by Linda Roeder on August 16, 2007
"If the communication occurs outside of a virtual worlds website, in the form of an email to and from members, does this mean such a service has a social networking component?" ~360blog (Aug...
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by Linda Roeder on June 25, 2007
The Internet is a great place to meet new friends, play games and learn things. It can also be a place where predators have free access to your children. This Parent's Guide to Social Networking w...
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by Linda Roeder on June 19, 2007
Sprite Yard is a social networking site designed to be used from your cell phone. To join Sprite Yard you have to first buy a bottle of Sprite. Then you use the code under the bottle cap to get to the...
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Teens and Kids
by Linda Roeder on May 7, 2007
Kids are online now more than ever and they want something safe and fun to do while they're there. Why not let them try out some virtual worlds made just for kids. Parents want their kids to do th...
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Teens and Kids
by Linda Roeder on May 1, 2007
Kids are not being safe online. We all know it. Now research from the Pew Internet & American Life Project proves it (See the Stats Here).
This did show some good things like some teens use fals...
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Teens and Kids
by Linda Roeder on April 29, 2007
There's been tons of controversy about whether kids should even be on the Internet. Some people think they have no place on social networking sites. This social networking site doesn't agree. ...
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Teens and Kids
by Linda Roeder on April 3, 2007
Lots of teens are discovering that they can find out who their future friends will be when they get to college. Using Facebook they are signing on and connecting with other teens who will also be atte...
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by Linda Roeder on March 28, 2007
college students are usually over 18 years old. That makes them adults, right? So why do so many parents still feel the need to pry into their child's life online? Should parents just leave them b...
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by Linda Roeder on March 27, 2007
The Sydney Morning Herald -- Mar 13 -- "parade the intimacies of their lives for everyone except those who, on a day-to-day basis at least, live closest to them and have known them longest"....
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by Linda Roeder on March 15, 2007
My sister just told me that she found out that two of her teen age step-kids had MySpace accounts. Their mother had let them create these from her computer at her house. These kids, being kids and ver...
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Teens and Kids
by Linda Roeder on February 28, 2007
Some states are trying to regulate social networking sites by having them install special programming that will make sure no one under 18 can sign up without a parent's consent. This means teens w...
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by Linda Roeder on February 26, 2007
Rules on kids under 14 setting up social networking sites varies from site to site. MySpace says 14 and up only. Younger kids can and do sign up anyway but when they're caught their profiles are d...
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Teens and Kids
by Linda Roeder on February 21, 2007
Today's kids are coming across all kinds of things on the Net we don't want them to see. They can just go to MySpace or another social networking site, and read posts about with curse words, b...
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Teens and Kids
by Linda Roeder on February 11, 2007
Are social networking sites really any more dangerous than the real world? Are your kids in more danger on MySpace then they are at the public park or walking home from school? Let me use some compari...
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Teens and Kids
by Linda Roeder on February 4, 2007
If Senator Cecil Staton from Georgia has his way kids will no longer be able to look up their friends on social networking sites. He has proposed a bill making it illegal for minors to have social net...
