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Childrens over Use Credit Cards VS Parental Control Software

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

As Children grow older they crave more for their independence. They would want to be left alone without any parent to bug them. They would rather go with friends than spend time with their parents. Sooner or later, they ask for more. This could be a car perhaps, their very own room without having to share with their siblings or better yet their own top of the line credit card. Soon enough, their minds wander. They get to discover the joys of online shopping. A little goes see on shop sites, a few clicks of items here and there and boom they get addicted.

Online shopping is easy and convenient for some who would not want to make an effort buying item out of the comfort zone of their home. Nonetheless, if used inappropriately it can rip off anyone’s piggy banks. This goes the same to parents who have online shopaholic children. Good thing, Parental Control Software can aid parents to limit the use of their children’s credit cards. Key stroke recorder is one innovative feature that can keep track children once they use their credit cards. Parents can be warned immediately via text message or email if their children are using their credit cards without their approval. Key stroke feature detects if your children are typing their credit information on any online shopping sites. With the same feature, parents can also know if their children share their personal information to anyone such as their full name, home address, email addresses and phone numbers.

Credit cards can give your children a sense of independence. With improper use and less control of parents; however, your child can be addicted most especially with online shopping. Therefore, it is a must invest in parental software, to limit and impose discipline to your children.

Boys Are Boys And Girls Are Girls

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

Actually I have never understood why little girls can’t play with toy trucks and boys can’t play with dolls. It’s manly to do this and that, and it’s “girly” to do that and this. We get our kids toys based on their gender. They make dolls for girls and little cowboys and Indians for boys, but why is that?

I am sure that if we made an experiment and let 100 girls choose between a Fisher Price Laugh and Learn Say Please Tea Set, for example, and a talking Tyrannosaurus Rex, the results would not point to the fact that girls love tea parties by default and they don’t like to play with dinosaurs. I’m fairly sure that 50% would pick the tea set, and the other 50% would pick the T-Rex.

Of course, when they grow up a little, they are already used to playing with one type of toy, be it for boys or for girls, and if we did an experiment with 5 year old girls they would all pick the tea set. The question is: what can we do to change this grown-up prejudice? Do we want to change it?