Lately my three-year old has gotten into playing webkins online. First she got hooked on the games at PBSkids, now she's gotten into Webkins, largely due to a clever marketing scheme where we got a free webkins for buying $10.00 of candy at one of those bins-full-of-candy stores. (Is there anyone out there who buys just enough candy at those places? 'Cause I always seem to come out with pounds and pounds of candy, when I really only wanted a few pieces...)
So the girl wants to play webkins all day, and I'm usually pretty successful at distracting her into doing other things. Usually we skip a day or three in between visits to the Webkinz site, and I feel rather victorious when the girl is tucked neatly into her bed before I realize she hasn't gotten online to do her daily wishes at the WebKinz wishing well, or Spun the Wheel Of WOW, or gone to do her daily Gem hunt...
So, instead of sitting on my comfy couch and having a glass of wine and settling in for a good read, I will often find myself going online to do these daily activities for her on Webkinz. Then of course, I'll notice that Pinky, our little pink Webkinz pig is hungry or low on Kinzcash, and I find myself in the Arcade playing Webkins games until midnight, telling myself that I'm really just trying to help the girl out by getting her some more Kinzcash in her account.
And then I did it- I actually suggested that Hubby should maybe get me my own Webkinz for my upcoming birthday. My 34th birthday. I want a Webkinz and I am 34 years old.
I can't figure out if that's scary or normal or just a mid-thirties crisis. Although I did go to two of the N'Sync concerts in my mid-twenties- and yes, I really do still like them!!
So perhaps I should just chalk this up as one more way that my daughter is going to keep me young- or immature? Maybe I should just be thankful that I'm immature enough to be interested in "what the kids are up to"- at least just to shut my "adult" side up.
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4 comments:
My goodness! I have just found reason to keep the girls Webkinz free forever (or until their friends introduce them whichever comes first)!
I have, as of yet, avoided letting Elena (3yrs) play on the internet. Just yesterday I was considering looking up some of those tiny-kid-friendly websites, wondering if I am keeping her from something great. Reading your expose' has helped me to refocus and realize that it could turn into a monster quicker than I realize.
Don't worry.... I too have my own webkinz. I got severly annoyed with playing on my kids' accounts. If I was on playing (also justifying it by saying I was making them extra kinzcash) they would run up demanding to know who's account I was on, and was I going to win the other the same amount. So I know have Sadie Mae, a Black Fresian pony. Be my friend! Also, may I just toot my own horn by saying I've made it to level 30 on Zingos Pop. Thank you, thank you!
In their defense, the games on webkinz specifically do require about a five-year-old grasp of language/reading/spelling and whatnot. If your child is three, some of the games on PBS kids are more appropratie for their age. I always tell Sam that if she needs my help in order to play a game, she needs to find something else to play. Also, do not be too afraid- going on a bike-ride or to the park is ALWAYS more attractive to her than computer games!!
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