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Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Fri, 02 Jun 2006 19:48:00 GMT
Famundo get a mention in today’s CNET News article by Stefanie Olsen, Here come the ‘Family 2.0’ sites.
Olsen gives an overview of the Family 2.0 phenomenon and talks about quite a few of the players in the field. I don’t think I would call Famundo a social networking site, nevertheless it’s nice to get the mention.
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Fri, 02 Jun 2006 02:18:00 GMT
Hat tip to Rachel Cook at Talking Tech on Family 2.0, there seems to be an incredible amount of new Web 2.0 site popping up that are family and parenting oriented.
Some of the new sites recently mentioned on Rachel’s site are
Imbee, a new unique blogging and social networking site developed specifically for kids ages 8 to 14.
OurStory, Capture your life’s story and the story of your family members with photos and video.
Zamily, Another social site for families to set up family tree’s, share calendars, develop connections in your network and friends.
Families, The Internet’s community of friends and family…
Famdoodle, your entire family get together in one place.
GotKidsNetwork, where parents share.
FamilyRoutes, an online community for families.
MothersClick, a better way for mother’s to connect.
How this is all going to shake down is anyone’s guess, but there sure are a lot of cool sites and ideas that being launched.
Rachel’s Talking Tech on Family 2.0 is a great resource for the latest information on family and parenting oriented sites. Visit it often.
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:34:00 GMT
In today’s issue of the Wall Street Journal there is an article by Sue Shellenber called “Remote Control: Parents use Software to Track Kid’s Online Activity from Work” (subscription req’d).
The article states that more and more working parents have very major concerns about their children’s internet usage while parents are at work. Many have turned to using software programs that allow them to monitor their kid’s internet usage from the office.
The following software programs are mentioned in the article:
SafeEyes ($49.95) reports instant messaging chats. Web use and file-sharing, with alerts via phone or e-mail.
eBlaster ($99.95) e-mailos copies of chats; reports Web use with e-mail alerts.
ContentProtect ($39.99) reports text of IMs and tracks Web activity; e-mails alerts.
IM Einstein ($40.00.)records IMs and chats, with alerts via e-mail, phone or pager.
Cybersieve ($39.95)online logs of Web use with notice of forbidden activity.
What makes these programs different from older monitoring programs that have been around for years, is that they allow monitoring from a remote computer. And there is no software to be installed on the monitoring (parent’s office) computer.
One area of debate is whether parents should tell their children that they are monitoring their internet activity. On the one hand, if you keep it secret, you may find out some things that you wouldn’t otherwise. On the other hand, some argue that doing secret surveillance could result in a breakdown in trust.
I’m more inclined to believe in the latter, that internet usage should be treated in the same manner in which you monitor TV and movie habits.
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Thu, 01 Jun 2006 03:05:00 GMT
This article from the speaks volumes about what is happening in the media today. From fishbowlNY:
“Another MSM parenting publication is closing down due to lack of advertisers. Bundle, the year-old New York-based magazine for “pregnant women and moms with babies and toddlers, from 0 to 3” with a rate base of 300,000, has published its last issue, FishbowlNY has learned.
Bundle’s Spring 2006 issue currently on newsstands will be its last.”
This come news comes along at the same time that “Child Magazine” is downsizing and Martha Stewart is scaling back its “Kids” magazine.
Now this can’t be because that are fewer parents nor does it mean that parents aren’t as interested anymore about how to parent.
My suspicion is that parents are turning to alternative media, such as the internet for their information, as evident by the explosion of web sites and blogs that deal with families and parenting.
Let’s face it, the internet has real-time information from real parents, not something that has been sitting around an editor’s desk for a few months. It’s no wonder advertisers are shunning print media.
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Sat, 27 May 2006 04:27:00 GMT
Here is a new web site that calls itself the “Ultimate Parenting Resource Website” Kidsafe.com is a product of Children’s Educational Network(CEN).
CEN also makes a kid safe browser Tuki geared towards kids ages 4 through 10.
If anyone has used this, we’d appreciate your feedback. .
As I mentioned, this web site is new so there isn’t a lot of information or posts yet, but as I’ve said many times, we parents can use all the help we can get. Kidsafe is certainly worth keeping an eye on.
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Sun, 21 May 2006 01:34:00 GMT
It seems that the mainstream media is finally discovering the value and popularity of Parenting Blogs.
From today’s Arizona Republic in an article titled “Moms go online to network”
“Instead of gathering in backyards to talk over the fence, moms have found solace without leaving their homes and discovered a social outlet away from the demands of their families.”
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Thu, 18 May 2006 11:34:00 GMT
I wrote about ChatChecker an Instant Message monitoring application in an earlier post.
Imbrella Software has now released a home version that allows the monitoring of one computer for FREE.
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Wed, 17 May 2006 02:31:00 GMT
Minti, the parent to parent advice-opedia and community website, has just launched an update with a new look and feel in addition to the addition of some new features that enhance the experience for their community.
In addition to reading up other parent’s advice, you can now request advice, post to your own blog, upload photos, subscribe to content and lots of other cool things.
For sometime now, Minti had been a great place to find advice on a wide range of parenting topics. These new features only make it better.
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Wed, 17 May 2006 02:09:00 GMT
Following the lead of MySpace, FaceBook and other social networking sites, YippeeKids has just unveiled what they claim is the internet’s first online safe place for children.
According to their press release:
YippeeKids.com, is the first online social networking community built to protect children ages 5 to 12 from online predators. Multiple layers of protection include ID verification of parents, parent-only accounts, monitored live chat rooms, monitored live help for kids and parents as well as other internal technology based filtering solutions. Parents are able to monitor their children’s activities within the YippeeNet community. Included are community pages viewed, login and logout times, email sent and received and their children’s profiles, blogs, online photos, calendars and friends. Children and parents have access to 24/7 live chat support monitored by YippeeKids employees. Live Chat rooms are available for children to use on the YippeeKids community. Chat rooms are monitored live in real time by YippeeKids employees during chat room hours to ensure a safe experience.
The goal of YippeeKids is to keep children safe, informed, empowered and entertained with parents involved and in control.
There isn’t a lot of information about the company, FAQ, or even a trial period, so it’s hard to get a real feel for the program without signing up for the $4.95 monthly membership.
If anyone has any insight into YippeeKids.com, please let us know.
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Tue, 16 May 2006 21:32:00 GMT
There is a whole community of blogs dedicated to and written by Stay At Home Dads (SAHDs). I ran across a link on Paul Nyhan’s Family Man blog site to RebelDad . This site, subtitled A Father Puts the Stay-At Home Dad Under the Microscope, is the labor of Brian Read, a SAHD in the Washington DC area.
Read has some interesting statistics on the number of SAHDs in the US, the UK and Japan. Although the numbers vary widely, there is no doubt that the at home fatherhood is an increasingly popular family choice. So popular, in fact that there is even an At-Home Dad Convention that is now in it’s 11th year
Read also has a blogroll of over a hundred other sites and blogs, most of which deal with Stay at Home Dads. One such site Slowlane is an incredible resource on this topic, though it seems that it hasn’t been updated in a while.
For those of you interested in getting more information on the SAHD phenomenon, RebelDad is a great starting point.
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