tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3366778.post2781607067850348578..comments2023-10-05T06:39:23.540-04:00Comments on Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check: 6,473 Texts a Month, But at What Cost? - washingtonpost.compbokellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18207982160283918003noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3366778.post-74769955166631389512009-02-23T17:58:00.000-05:002009-02-23T17:58:00.000-05:00It's the job of parents to inject a touch of r...It's the job of parents to inject a touch of reality into the life of their children. That is what parents do. And, it the case of texting, they can try injecting a touch reality in the juvenile junk flowing across their kids' cellphones' screens. <BR/><BR/>Check out WuduPlz (Would You Please) It is a new, free web service built to help parents teach teens and preteen cooperation, responsibility & commitment. OK...and to get them to what they are suppose to do around the house. (Never easy because, well, they're kids…) It uses text messaging--a proven 21st Century way to connect with kids.<BR/><BR/>Here's the link:<BR/>http://www.wuduPlz.com<BR/>Here's our YouTube video:<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd-8UcdNalU<BR/><BR/>Sure, as our web site says, it's easier and faster texting if you're at your computer. And, we've also provide a handy checklist of household chores to help you get some help.<BR/><BR/>But, to make it more useful, WuduPlz can also deliver messages LATER to provide useful reminders. With WuduPlz, each family member with a cellphone is carrying around a little alarm clock that Mom or Dad can set to go off with a little note. Very handy.<BR/><BR/>In making requests or just asking questions, pre-teens and teenagers should feel respected, not victimized, says Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg, adolescent medicine specialist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, explaining that, “You want them to understand that the freedoms they get are directly related to how they demonstrate responsibility.” WuduPlz is designed to help parents teach this lesson. Respectfully--thus the name, WuduPlz.WuduPlzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00287962622169891587noreply@blogger.com