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KidzVuz is an on-line community for children that lets them review and comment on kids' gear. Andy and Don talk with co-founder Rebecca Levey about the site's features and how they're tailored to children. Children are often left out of the on-line world as the major social networking sites such as Facebook enforce age restrictions on their members, and rightly
CES regular Jack Peterson talks with Todd and Don on the latest headphones for children from Kidz Gear. Kidz Gear produces headphones with smaller headbands and ear cups to fit the smaller heads of children. This year they've brought to the market new wired headphones that have a built-in volume limiter that prevents children's hearing becoming damaged through excessive sound levels. The headphones
More time is spent reading with children but parents are finding modern life tiring and stressful, according to research commissioned by Booktime. The average time spent by parents reading with their child (4 & 5 year olds) is now one hour 26 mins per week, an increase of 10% over 2009. 60% of parents read with children for pleasure on
Watch the video below and let me know how you feel after watching it, but for the purposes of discussion, remember two things first. One, to avoid any pro- or anti-Apple bias, ignore the fact that it's an Apple iPad and assume that it's just a generic tablet. Two, take what the video shows at face value as one could easily make
Andy McCaskey checks out Kidz Gear and their range of headphones for kids. These guys produce child-sized headphones that have all the features of adult ones. Genius - I couldn't find a decent pair for my 3 year old and ended buying some folding Sennheisers as they had the smallest headsize. Anyway, this isn't about Sennheiser... There's two models on
Jeffrey interviews Mark Williamson, CEO of Zoodles, which makes software that gives a "kid mode" to devices such as PCs, tablets and smartphones. As I suspect most parents will testify, children are always keen to get their hands on Mommmy's or Daddy's latest toy. The "kid mode" creates a walled-garden (or sand-pit) that includes lots of child-friendly educational games and
Google has setup the Family Safety Centre to help parents and teachers keep their children safe online. After spending a little time in the resource, it seems to be a good introduction to online safety for children from a parent's point of view. If you need to know more, you can then take it further through some of the links. The Centre has four main sections: