| The internet knows no bounds and this applies to all | | | | shared or printed out to be proudly displayed on the |
| users - adults and children alike. There are plenty of | | | | refrigerator. |
| websites that are great for businesses or for adult | | | | Anime |
| use, but what about the offerings for kids? Just like | | | | Anime is another popular internet offering. Anime style |
| toys, trends on the web change for kids, and what is | | | | cartoons and the accompanying manga is gaining |
| hot now may be very different than what your child | | | | popularity with children at a very rapid pace. |
| was playing just a few months ago. | | | | Unfortunately, anime and manga are not yet entirely |
| Role Playing | | | | mainstreamed on television or in the bookstore |
| One of the largest trends in online games is the huge | | | | (although they are getting that way.) Kids who enjoy |
| number of role playing games. Children have the | | | | reading the Japanese style cartoons or watching the |
| opportunity to plan scaled down versions of MMORPG | | | | Japanese style artwork can find plenty online. Parents |
| classics like World of Warcraft and Star Wars. Kids | | | | should help screen the series their child is reading or |
| develop a character and then take that character | | | | watching as both anime and manga are very |
| through a series of activities or missions. There are a | | | | mainstream in Japan - including with adult audiences. |
| large variety of these games for both girls and boys, | | | | Thinking Games |
| with some overlap, but not much. | | | | Games that involve no thought just shooting or the like |
| These games are actually rather good, assuming they | | | | still exist online, but kids of today appreciate a greater |
| are not playing anything too violent. The thinking and | | | | challenge. Games that involve thinking through |
| strategy involved in many of them is educational, and | | | | problems or even math and science are becoming |
| working with others in teams or guilds can help | | | | more popular. Creating roller coasters or complex lines |
| problem solving and build collaboration skills. | | | | that animated characters can ride are growing in |
| Coloring Pages | | | | popularity and the greater the challenge, the more the |
| Coloring books are rather blasé. The way to | | | | child is learning from their choice of entertainment. |
| color in 2007 is online. Websites such as The Doll | | | | With all things online, it is important for parents to sit |
| Palace offer many coloring pages created from the | | | | down with their child to see what sort of websites |
| dolls available on the website and that have been | | | | they prefer to visit. While there may be questionable |
| uploaded by other users. These coloring pages range | | | | content on the internet, the online world as a whole is |
| from simple application of predetermined colors to a | | | | not a dangerous place. Just like anything else, parents |
| more complex color palette that allows your little artist | | | | must give their children the right amount of guidance |
| to be as creative and detailed as she would like. Once | | | | and instruction to allow them room to grow and learn |
| the coloring pages are complete, they can be saved, | | | | while keeping them safe. |