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sunnydays	Posted: Jan 21 2010, 02:47 PM
New Member Group: Members Posts: 12 Member No.: 22,925 Joined: 14-January 10	Do you let your kids join online game sites or virtual worlds? Which ones are the best? I want to sign up my daughter to one...

redchief	Posted: Jan 21 2010, 02:55 PM
Platinum Member Group: Moderators Posts: 8,629 Member No.: 800 Joined: 5-October 04	There are many hundreds out there. Much would depend on the ages of your children and what interests them. -------------------- Ed is husband to Lisa (since 1983) Dad to Ricky, John, Erin and Kaitlin The Administrators of the Parenting Club take trolls and violators of the Terms of Service Agreement seriously. Please report any suspicions to the Moderators. Report a post using the "report" button in the upper right corner of the offending post.

boyohboyohboy	Posted: Jan 21 2010, 04:28 PM
Platinum Member Group: Members Posts: 5,352 Member No.: 3,466 Joined: 22-March 06	we let our 8 yr old son play wizard 101 only because you can set the parental controls very strict,so they can play and not be contacted or contact anyone..and we can play on another computer with him at the same time. -------------------- Stacy, wife to Peter, mom to Caleb, Jakob, and Andrew

my2monkeyboys	Posted: Jan 21 2010, 05:36 PM
Gold Member Group: Members Posts: 3,197 Member No.: 2,245 Joined: 21-July 05	Will plays different things, but only on very restricted sites, unless I'm sitting right beside him the entire time. Even on the restricted ones I only step away for minutes at a time... I'm paranoid about the freaks and the smut. --------------------

MommyToAshley	Posted: Jan 21 2010, 05:56 PM
Happy Spring! Group: Administrators Posts: 27,473 Member No.: 2 Joined: 8-February 03	I let Ashley play online games but only ones that do not allow chat. For example, on webkinz, she can chat in game but only with pre-selected messages. Most of the games she plays are single player. She really likes funbrain.com and coolmath.com. Here's a list of some other sites that pc members suggest: http://www.parentingclub.com/entertainment/kids.php -------------------- Dee Dee , Mommy to: Ashley Marie 9/05/02 Joshua Lee 2/03/00 (Our Angel in Heaven)

coasterqueen	Posted: Jan 22 2010, 06:59 AM
Diamond Member Group: Members Posts: 27,917 Member No.: 236 Joined: 4-August 03	Webkinz is about it for my girls. Luckily they aren't too interested in the computer right yet. Kylie would rather sit and read than get on the computer. -------------------- *~Karen~* wife to hubby, Ryan Douglas mommy to Kylie (9) and Megan (6.5) and furbabies Gavin, Buster, Sox, and Hailey

sunnydays	Posted: Jan 25 2010, 08:22 AM
New Member Group: Members Posts: 12 Member No.: 22,925 Joined: 14-January 10	I started to let my kid play Fantage.com - similar to webkinz and club penguin- but i like these features better.. and the navigation is easier... the no chat option is great so that madeline can't chat with whomever-- but they do filter a lot of words and phrases!

kimberley	Posted: Jan 25 2010, 03:23 PM
Diamond Member Group: Moderators Posts: 18,627 Member No.: 249 Joined: 28-August 03	jacob is on facebook but i have the password, not him.. so i monitor which apps he uses and who he adds. the other kids have bought computer games that don't require internet and of course DS, Wii, PSP lol -------------------- mama to Jacob, James, Jade, Kaleigh and Riley!! The Administrators of Parenting Club take violators of the Terms of Service Agreement seriously. Please report any suspicions to the Moderators. Report a post using the "report" button in the upper right corner of the offending post.

luvmykids	Posted: Jan 25 2010, 04:33 PM
Diamond Member Group: Members Posts: 19,113 Member No.: 3,038 Joined: 3-January 06	My kids love funbrain and coolmath too. The rest of the stuff they like to do on the computer is offline, like kidpics.

yvonnemommy	Posted: May 29 2011, 09:02 PM
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 8 Member No.: 22,348 Joined: 24-January 09	I prefer the online game sites. There are many geat online resources. We are now using a lovely education website called beestar. It includes math, reading, science programs full of real world problems to help kids thinking. Since all the worksheets are timed. DD usually does the practices as games. Pretty cool. Lisa

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