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- Kids have PBS Kids http://pbskids.org/everything.html that opens a forum for learning and interaction.
- There is a European website calls Children’s BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/ that has links to play games, learn art, music.
sports and there is a place where kids can chat and talk about daily problems.
Because CMC is defined by John December as a process of human communication
via computers, involving people, situated in particular context, engaging in process t shape the media for a variety of purpose
(CMC 15), Parents must monitor what the children and teens are expose to. Hence there are several site requiring downloads
that enable parents to monitor the child or teens use of computer.
Just as in the physical world--what Net folks sometimes call the "real world"--there are some risks
that might be associated with children using the Net.
Some of these dangers include exposure to material that is "adult" in nature, especially violent
or sexually oriented materia, harassing messages, someone might try to arrange to meet a child in the "real world" with evil
intent, a child might become involved in something unsavory--harassing someone else, say, or trading pirated software, music,
or other copyrighted materials.
Examples of programs that monitor childrens activities are http://www.controlkids.com/ and http://www.microsoft.com/mom/default.mspx.
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