Ten Ton Hamster - Your Games. Your Friends. Your Worlds.

Hey Parents! Just when you thought Disney couldn't do any more for families...they suprise us once again with an online social network geared toward parents. While father's are welcome (of course) it is going to be geared toward mothers. Parents will be able to create a personal avatar's as well as one's for the rest of their family..including pets.

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At the Social Gaming Summit in San Francisco, several executives from differing game companies like NeoPets, K2, and Nexon got together at a panel to discuss the phenomenon of casual virtual worlds. They talked about who was playing, how these worlds were generating funds, and why they are so popular.

Read the article below that was provided by Gamasutra:

Most children’s games on the internet allow your child to have unlimited time to play. Your child has the ability to log on when they first wake up in the morning, and play to their heart’s content as long as they wish. That is until the parent steps in to tell them to stop.

What if children’s games came with time limits created within them?

While limiting your child’s play time on the computer is certainly not a bad thing, is it appropriate for a company to decide this for you and your child?

Georgetown Law School is collaborating with retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and Professor James Paul Gee to create an online 'civics learning program for middle school students called Our Courts.

Here are the details:

"Justice O’Connor was the first female Supreme Court Justice of the United States, serving as an Associate Justice beginning in 1981 and for nearly 25 years until she retired from the bench in January 2006.