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In virtual worlds, child avatars need protecting -- from each o...

On the playground, kids pilfer lunch money and push each other around. But in the cyber clubhouses they're filling by the millions, kids rig elections, sell fake products and scam each other out of every ...

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MYOPINION

West Islip, NY

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Jul 2, 2008
 

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Get rid of the virtual for the youngn's! Throw on a show like Rin Tin Tin. Howdy Doody. The Lone Ranger. Lassie. Mr. Roger's. Leave it to Beaver. CLEAN it up again and give these little guys/gals their CHILDHOOD and innocence a chance before they are older to screw it up with "other" options!
Slick

Hicksville, NY

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Jul 2, 2008
 
MYOPINION wrote:
...The 9-year-old from Irvine worked in a virtual hamburger shop, earned virtual cash and bought a virtual bed, couch and TV for her virtual house.

Then one day, she logged in to her account to discover that all of her gear and money were gone.
The HORROR!!! At least stuff like this is fake and kids who get cyber-jacked learn a valuable lesson about life in the internet age...Don't trust nobody!
Slick

Hicksville, NY

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Jul 2, 2008
 
Oopps...meant to change that to "NEWSDAY wrote"
Fa-Fa-Flo-e

Syosset, NY

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Jul 2, 2008
 
Go outside and play with your friends. We are breeding a generation of socially inept (and overweight) children who do nothing but sit in front of a computer and live their virtual life.
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