Webkinz Welcomes Toddlers to the Internet

In a rather odd attempt to combine the real world with the Internet for younger children, Webkinz is hoping that their idea is the ideal prequel to MySpace. After purchasing one of their stuffed animals, your child registers it online with its secret code. As your kidlets play games, answer trivia, and care for their virtual pets, they earn KinzCash which can be traded for furniture, clothing, etc.
The company will also be setting up the KinzChat Plus for your toddlers that restricts messages so that they cannot post or receive proper names, mispelled words, or innappropriate language.  We appreciate the efforts to teach newbies the Internet ropes, but can’t parents do that without the commercialism?

 

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