As your children get older and begin to show an interest in more and more things—hobbies, sports and so forth—there seems to be more and more things that you need to buy for them. If you have multiple kids, this can get incredibly stressful and you’ll find yourself pinching pennies in no time. Luckily, there are quite a few resources that offer free stuff for kids of all ages.
What better way to start the holidays than some quality time with your children, we all understand how hectic our lifestyles can be, and taking that conscious effort to spend quality time will pay off. Not only will it enable you to feel fulfilled and happy but also your child’s enthusiasm will shine through more, putting an even bigger smile on your face!
Even if it’s the weekend and the rain just won’t stop outside, then sit with your children and do something together, all children look up to their parents and it’s your responsibility to make the difference with some free time you have as a family.
My son enjoys watching YouTube videos, but unfortunately you can’t leave kids alone with YouTube because you never know what they’re going to click on and end up watching. I was excited when I found out about the Kideo Player because it’s all the fun of YouTube with none of the junk!
The videos play automatically and if the current one isn’t entertaining, all the kids have to do is hit the space bar to go to the next video.
( I have found that every once in a while the player seems to get “hung” and you have to reload the page, but if your child knows how to use the mouse it’s easy to show them where the refresh button is.)
Do you like bowling? There’s a great free bowling program you’ll want to take advantage of over the summer for families and you can find out about it at KidsBowlFree.com. Kids get 2 free games of bowling every day, and all you have to do is rent the shoes. On the site you can easily search by state to find a location near you that is supporting this program. Thanks to Raising a Healthy Family for giving me a heads up on this freebie!
Local youngsters can get a free fishing pole, a free lunch and other free stuff during the annual Youth Fishing Derby on Saturday, June 20.
The event will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the fishing ponds at the far east end of Riverside Park. Parking is available on the hill above the ponds, and can be accessed by taking Barlow Road north under Interstate 76 until the fork and bearing left up the hill.
It’s undeniable: Google Wave has captured the imagination of techies, social media enthusiasts, and web users everywhere. Its combination of email, real-time chat, wiki tools, and social networking have generated an incredible amount of buzz.
While the focus of this buzz is centered around Google Wave’s features, there’s an aspect of the new platform that hasn’t received the attention it deserves: Google Wave extensions, which allow any developer to add their own gadgets or robots to the open-source tool. Extensions offer the potential for Google Wave to end up being used in so many different ways. But what exactly is an extension? Why would someone build one? And how exactly does one go about it?
Thanks to developers Sam Gammon and Nick Hume, we now have the answers to most of these questions. We looked inside the process of building a Google Wave extension, from start to finish and assembled the following guide, which explains the concept of a Google Wave extension, why they’re important, how one can be built, and what you can expect in the coming future.
A Canadian-developed Internet software program is putting kids' online safety literally at their fingertips by using their one-of-a-kind prints as their personal ID prior to accessing the web.It's among several safety components featured in Dolphin Secure, which launched Tuesday, aimed at providing children with a secure Internet experience and parents with a little peace of mind.
Rather than run the risk of keying in a user password that could be stolen, altered or simply forgotten, kids enter their username and scan their fingerprint instead which matches up with a unique number inside Dolphin Secure's system.Each child then has access to a personal, customizable home page, similar to social networking sites like Facebook or MySpace, and can chat with other kids registered with the service.
Technology is making internet access easier and more dangerous for children.The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force said the enticements of child exploitations are on the rise.They say with today's technology, the internet can be easily accessed from just about anywhere using small devices like cell phones.
The FBI said parents can protect their children by putting computers in areas where the child is not alone.FBI Special Agent Kevin Damuth said most kids don't know what they're getting themselves into when they chat with strangers.
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It's August and that means students are headed back to classrooms across the country. While some kids may have found more time to surf idly online during the summer, the school year gives them an excuse to be online even more.
PC Pandora"Kids definitely spend more time online during the summer months," says James Leasure, Co-Founder of Pandora Corp., makers of PC Pandora parental control monitoring software. "But very often, parents will try to curtail that time. Now with school back in the picture, kids have the excuse they need to 'legally' be online and surfing the Internet."
Parents will have no choice but to allow their kids to be on the computer, as many teachers now post homework online, encourage online research and require properly typed homework. But unsupervised time can quickly turn to mischief.
To some extent, the influence of mobile and virtual technologies on the family might seem like an alien abduction in progress.Youths are not only at risk from cybercrimes, but risk developing a range of addictive behavioural patterns as a result of online games and online gambling, notes Andrew Francis, youth advocacy officer, who spoke at at the annual Churches Co-operative Credit Union's Parenting Forum under the theme: 'Parenting in a Technologically Aggressive Environment', held in Kingston in May.
Research, he states, has shown that excessive involvement with video games, the Internet and online gambling may intensify in adolescents.Parents should engage in a number of preventative measures to reduce the possibility that their children might be influenced by individuals and lifestyles alien to their own value systems.
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