PLN 20 semester 2

I read an article called "Study: Young kids Online" on Webblogg-ed where the author talked about how even kids at the age of 2-8 are being manipulated online when they are playing games for learning experiences.

We discovered that the digital world offers a wealth of opportunity for young
children to play and learn. But even in this small sample of 10 families we
found–too easily, in several circumstances–repeated examples of attempts to
manipulate children for the sake of commerce.

This is how I responded.
Well this is very interesting to me. My little brother who is seven thoroughly enjoys Club Penguin. I had no idea that they asked for you to purchase a membership or have you access other things on the cite. It is nice for kids to be able to play and learn online but it shouldn't be right for the sites to attempt to manipulate children for the sake of commerce as you said. I find it really annoying in the first place when ads pop up continually when you are online trying to tempt you to buy something that you don't really need. Like KellyS had said, the sites not only manipulate the kids but also the parents who are the ones who pay for the products that the child asks for. It doesn't seem fair for the kids to have to pay or buy something just to have fun and learn.