Entry FeedMy daughter is a youtube addict. She discovered it at Nana's house, of all places! I thought grandparents were just about ensuring an addiction to sugar.
Every time she notices me on the computer (or "puter" as she calls it), she sits on my lap and begs for "three little ducks." Are you familiar with five little ducks? Find it on youtube, and you see six little girls dressed in yellow doing some simple choreography. 2 minutes and 3 seconds and she loves it.
Check out youtube with your child! There are some great animated nursery rhymes and kids songs. But I warn you - it is like crack to their little minds. And you really have to watch with them. There is a "Wheels on the bus" that runs over people, and quick links to very questionable material.
I have to admit that it is scary how comfortable my kids are with the computer, and how early their interest started. I assumed that I wouldn't really have to start monitoring them until they were preteens, chatting with friends. I know better. We keep our computer in our kitchen where I live, and I watch them with whatever they do. My husband and I have already agreed that they will not have computers and the internet in their bedrooms, and we don't have a camera on the computer.
Part of me is excited for them - that they have this amazing tool and all of this information at their finger tips! They can send stuff to friends, talk to family members on vacation all around the world, and play all sorts of games. They make books and movies for fun.
Remember Lemonade Stand and Miser? The commodore pet? Then the 64? Atari? Space Invaders? They've come a long way, baby!