Comments on: Internet-Connected Toys

By: Hsien-Hsien Lei

Hsien-Hsien Lei — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:49:04 +0000

Char: Your kids’ set-up is to die for!

Joan: lolol You always have the best stories. OH NO! YOUR KID IS TOUCHING A COMPUTER!!!

By: joan

joan — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:20:48 +0000

I said “one for everyone” but that’s sort of half true. *In* the house we have…1 for mom, 1 for dad, 2 for the 4 kids to share (one desktop, one old laptop to prevent squabbling) and one home based server in what we lovingly call our “network closet.” That’s not really one for everyone but it’s close! We also have an off site server for all our web stuff. Also, 2 of my kids go to schools where each child has his or her own, personal, touch screen, tablet PC for use in school. It’s funny, a few years ago we were really in the minority, letting the kids have their own computer, now it’s almost commonplace!

10 years ago, when my oldest was a toddler, we set him up with one of our old PCs. We set it to run a couple of hard to find baby-ware games and hubby scrounged the net (remember Archie and ftp?) for shareware kids games and ‘keyboard smash’ type programs. There was very, very little out there! We had it set on a low table where it was the perfect height for a toddler. When people would come over for playdates or birthday parties, someone would always scream “Oh no, the kids are touching your computer!!” When we said it was ok, it was there for the kids, they’d look at us like we were from another planet!

By: Char

Char — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:48:00 +0000

I am almost embarrassed to share this. I have a PC, iMac and a laptop. Hubby has a PC and a laptop. Each child has their own PC and there is one spare laptop. Yikes!! The kids PCs are all in the playroom and look like a mini office – complete with kid sized office chairs.

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Cotton-Pickin’ Days » Essential Tools and Household Appliances — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:37:14 +0000

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By: Hsien-Hsien Lei

Hsien-Hsien Lei — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:06:58 +0000

Steve: You are obviously bringing your girls up right!

Eliza: I still can’t believe that just over a year ago, we didn’t have wifi and were mostly operating off one laptop. Crazee!!

As for the blog carnival, Kerri hasn’t said anything about a theme so just send your favorite post along and we’ll include it.

By: Eliza

Eliza — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:08:26 +0000

I have 1 of each, both are mine so far. Perfect for when hubby is on one I can get on the other.

Quick question…. next week’s blog carnival is there a particular theme?

By: Steve James

Steve James — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:25:30 +0000

I have 2 desktops and one laptop. Then we have an older iMac for my two oldest girls. Online, they just play on nickjr.com, disney.com, and groovygirls.com. My oldest has an email address, but it’s just for fun so grandparents can send the stuff.

What’s scary is they know how to use itunes to rip their CD’s! They are only 6 and 4!