My kiddo

[tigira]

He wants to chat with someone online like it's the best thing ever!
Really.

Now, he types slowly, and his spelling is atrocious, but he wants to do this.  I won't get him his own sign-on, but perhaps, sometime this evening, we'll go online together and find someone safe for him to chat with.  I'll sit with him, though, because the idea of a 6 year old online without me next to him weirds me out just a bit (except for the legos.com web site, where he plays games and watches videos, but doesn't actually interact with anyone.) 

Comments

[shades-of-nyx.livejournal.com]

I'm online a lot. I'd love to chat with F. Just ping me through Google IM, or AIM!

[mrw42.livejournal.com]

If I'm online when he is, I would love to chat with the little guy!

I'm not likely to be online tonight

[drwex]

but I'm usually happy to chat when I am. Actually it'll probably hit my phone so if I'm not driving I can respond.

When gets get online

[hartmans]

This got me started thinking about when I first got online. I think it was 7 or 8 before I was online with a parent. I'm fairly sure that by 9 I was online alone a fair bit. It makes me really happy that there are kids as young as 6 wanting to really explore being online.

[aristabulus.livejournal.com]

You can add me to the list of Known People Willing To Type @ F. :)

[she-of-emeralds.livejournal.com]

That's... too sweet! Obviously a child of the computer age. I'd love to hear how it goes. :)