Concerned. But Amused

Just got this email:

Dear Parent/Guardian,

We are writing to notify you that your child has signed up to receive FunBuzz, a FREE email newsletter just for kids, from FunBrain.com. FunBuzz gives kids the scoop on educational games, "just for fun" activities, and other new content on Funbrain.com. Readers also get the inside track on the latest movies, DVDs, video games, and other products that appeal to kids. Click here to view a sample of FunBuzz.

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Had a nice talk with Charlie about how he should never, ever, enter information into anything without telling me first. He got the message, I believe.

I wish I knew how he found this site which is, by the way, chock full of educational games*. He can't articulate to me what he did to get to this website. I'd guess that it was possibly a link on one of the sites he already knows - the PBSkids.org thing he likes to go to, or he's just got some mad Googling skills. I may never know.

The funniest thing is, I check to see what info he'd put in - his email, his parent or guardian email, his gender and his 'class'. He put 2011.

"Because in 2011 I'll be a teenager!"


*Pause to express relief for the fact that my son enjoys this sort of challenge over, say, Doom

Concerned. But Amused

Just got this email:

Dear Parent/Guardian,

We are writing to notify you that your child has signed up to receive FunBuzz, a FREE email newsletter just for kids, from FunBrain.com. FunBuzz gives kids the scoop on educational games, "just for fun" activities, and other new content on Funbrain.com. Readers also get the inside track on the latest movies, DVDs, video games, and other products that appeal to kids. Click here to view a sample of FunBuzz.

Your child signed up for this newsletter by providing FunBrain with his or her email address, grade, gender, and parent/guardian email address. This information will be used for the sole purpose of sending the FunBuzz newsletter to your child. Click here to view our Privacy Policy.

We requested your email address so that we could inform you of your child’s subscription. If you wish to cancel the free subscription at any time, please do so at this page. We will then delete all of the information collected from your child for the purpose of this newsletter.

Please note that if we do not hear from you within 48 hours, your child will begin receiving the newsletter. Of course, you will still have the opportunity to unsubscribe your child at the link above, at any time.

We hope that your child enjoys the FunBuzz newsletter!

Your Friends at FunBrain.com.

Had a nice talk with Charlie about how he should never, ever, enter information into anything without telling me first. He got the message, I believe.

I wish I knew how he found this site which is, by the way, chock full of educational games*. He can't articulate to me what he did to get to this website. I'd guess that it was possibly a link on one of the sites he already knows - the PBSkids.org thing he likes to go to, or he's just got some mad Googling skills. I may never know.

The funniest thing is, I check to see what info he'd put in - his email, his parent or guardian email, his gender and his 'class'. He put 2011.

"Because in 2011 I'll be a teenager!"


*Pause to express relief for the fact that my son enjoys this sort of challenge over, say, Doom