Club Penguin
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Tux wouldn't be caught dead associating with Disney :)
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
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So, my 7 year old asks last week if she can start using Facebook? A friend of hers has an account, which she set up with her parents blessing, and now Catherine has expressed an interest. Now, rather than write the idea off, I did a bit of investigation this weekend and found an alternative "social networking" site, from Disney. It's called Club Penguin[^], and it is much friendlier for kids than Facebook can be (it differs in that you also pay a subscription fee). We signed both Catherine and Hannah up for it, and now they are hooked. In it, they can make buddies, but no personal information is shared, and the characters are represented by penguins. They can earn virtual money which they can use to furnish an igloo, adopt a pet, etc... All in all, it's a nice little environment for youngsters.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
My 8 yo son is heavily into Battlefield Heroes[^], and we actually give him his pocket-money as BattleFunds instead of "real" money. He's pretty good at it too... But he'll get upset for being vote-kicked from a game for cheating or hacking, when he isn't.
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So, my 7 year old asks last week if she can start using Facebook? A friend of hers has an account, which she set up with her parents blessing, and now Catherine has expressed an interest. Now, rather than write the idea off, I did a bit of investigation this weekend and found an alternative "social networking" site, from Disney. It's called Club Penguin[^], and it is much friendlier for kids than Facebook can be (it differs in that you also pay a subscription fee). We signed both Catherine and Hannah up for it, and now they are hooked. In it, they can make buddies, but no personal information is shared, and the characters are represented by penguins. They can earn virtual money which they can use to furnish an igloo, adopt a pet, etc... All in all, it's a nice little environment for youngsters.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
My daughter has outgrown Club Penguin and has moved on to FanTage[^], I refused to pay for her to use anything on the internet as she can get it for free. So she saved up her money and paid for six months. If she's still interested after that I'll pay for her to have 12 months, since she's proven she wants to use it and hasn't got me to spend my money and then be bored with it a few days later.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004