My dd's LOVE the stars. My older dd is playing with her doll much more than before, and she'll even do things with my younger dd. My younger dd is reading books to get stars, also a major triumph! [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img] Even better, I can reward them with stars for doing things I wouldn't feel right about "paying" them for. (ie: a good attitude, a nice gesture, character trait development)

I'm missing something, though. [img]graemlins/thinking.gif[/img]
Why does everyone think it's so bad for a kid to ask another kid their first name and age? Ok...I can see not asking about addresses, last names, parent's names, phone numbers, email addresses, etc. I've got all that stuff set up in the filter so my dd's can't send it. But what's wrong with knowing someone's first name and age?

My 8yo doesn't have much in common with 12 or 13 yo's. My 12 yo was writing to a girl for a while who (on her fav's page) said she was 12. When she started writing about her boyfriend, dd asked how old she was. She replied she had just turned 15! I'm glad she asked! I nixed the contact.

I think knowing a little about someone (not enough to locate them) tells you if you have things in common that you can talk about.

Since we (parents) can read all of the mail back and forth, what's the problem with having a name and age? [img]graemlins/hmmm.gif[/img]