Comments on: Mobile Effect – Minute by Minute update kids! http://onlygizmos.com/mobile-effect-minute-by-minute-update-kids/2009/02/ Wow, Weird, Techie - Whtever! You heard it here Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:03:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Excessive chatting by wife forces man to seek divorce! | OnlyGizmos http://onlygizmos.com/mobile-effect-minute-by-minute-update-kids/2009/02/#comment-2703 Excessive chatting by wife forces man to seek divorce! | OnlyGizmos Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:36:11 +0000 http://onlygizmos.com/?p=1412#comment-2703 [...] but true, this can be added as one of the side-effects of living a digital life.  I have seen kids addicted to mobile phones / texting, addicted to internet / blogging but this raises the bar. Kamal Mishra [...] [...] but true, this can be added as one of the side-effects of living a digital life.  I have seen kids addicted to mobile phones / texting, addicted to internet / blogging but this raises the bar. Kamal Mishra [...]

]]> By: Carol Politi http://onlygizmos.com/mobile-effect-minute-by-minute-update-kids/2009/02/#comment-668 Carol Politi Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:58:52 +0000 http://onlygizmos.com/?p=1412#comment-668 Kids used to be wired to the wall with their phone. They are still on phone, but this time it is wireless & they are texting more than they are talking. But even experts can’t agree on whether texting is good for kids social development and makes them better writers, or whether it is having an extremely detrimental effect (http://tinyurl.com/ck9s2l). Cell phones are probably a bit like cookies - fine if the consumption is within reasonable limits..and they have the advantage of being a pretty useful safety tool. At kajeet (www.kajeet.com) we built a cell phone that includes the controls parents want to set the budget, provide reasonable limits, and give their kids the freedom to select among all good choices. The tools are a great way to get a conversation going with your kid on appropriate use. Kids used to be wired to the wall with their phone. They are still on phone, but this time it is wireless & they are texting more than they are talking. But even experts can’t agree on whether texting is good for kids social development and makes them better writers, or whether it is having an extremely detrimental effect (http://tinyurl.com/ck9s2l).

Cell phones are probably a bit like cookies – fine if the consumption is within reasonable limits..and they have the advantage of being a pretty useful safety tool. At kajeet (www.kajeet.com) we built a cell phone that includes the controls parents want to set the budget, provide reasonable limits, and give their kids the freedom to select among all good choices. The tools are a great way to get a conversation going with your kid on appropriate use.

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