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Kids, Parents Say Other People Share Too Much Information Online, Poll Says

Watch how much personal information you're giving away online. Credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images
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ParentDish's 27 Top Web Sites for Kids

Your kid might already be more Web savvy than you. Credit: chungeez, Flickr
Whether your kids are looking to learn something new, get help with homework or just have some fun while exercising their brains, there are plenty of great online ...

Online Playground Getting Bigger and More Popular

Parents who worry that their children are spending too much time in front of a screen now have about 200 more reasons to worry. That's the number of virtual online worlds for kids that are either active, in development or being planned, according to ...

Dairy Queen launches Website for tweens

Considering the fact that Dairy Queen has been around for over 60 years and is one of the largest fast food chains in the world, one wonders why it took them so long to jump on the virtual world bandwagon. But now they have jumped and are aiming at ...

Meet me in Webkinz World

For some time now, Ellie has been wanting a Webkinz. For the uninitiated, Webkinz are these cute little stuffed creatures that you buy in the real world and play with in a virtual one. Online, you 'adopt' your pet and set it up in its very own room. ...

Kiddie virtual worlds: prepare to be inundated

On the very top of Ellie's Christmas wish list was the Barbie Girls MP3 player that doubles as a USB key. The key unlocks some of the extra-special fun stuff to be found on BarbieGirls.com. Without the key, her activities on the site are limited. ...

Tots go high tech

When Ellie was about three years old, she began playing learning games on my computer. These games were made for kids her age and I was blown away at how quickly she learned to use a mouse and navigate her way around the programs. Fast forward four ...

Top 50 websites for kids

Ellie loves to go online to websites where she can play games, be a fashion designer or maybe print out pages to color or paint. For the past year, we've pretty much stuck to the same few sites that we visit again and again. When she asks me where ...

Children can be victims of identity theft

When kids post personal information on social networking sites, they are putting themselves at risk for identity theft. 5% of teens who do post personal information on the Internet give their first and last names as well as photos and where they ...

Keeping your kids safe online

During a recent conversation about an Internet fraud case, my girlfriend interjected, "And I don't even want to think about how we'll keep Edan [my 2 year-old daughter] safe online. Fortunately that's a long way off." Unfortunately, however, I'm ...

Personalized but filtered email addresses for your kids

My daughter is already exposed to the Internet. She'll watch classic Sesame Street videos while I'm checking my email, and wants to move and click the mouse like daddy. In not too long, she'll be able to use the computer by herself, and I'll need to ...

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