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In a message dated 9/8/01 10:07:00 PM, livinglighthouse@... writes:

<< I went to 2 of Richard's workshops at the conference........very helpful.
I would love to see him online but he can't seem to find anything.....or
anyone I should say to motivate him to communicate online. Do you know of
any good message boards or such for kids?? He is 9 years old. >>

I wouldn't press a nine year old to write ANYTHING.
(But then I don't press my 12 and 15 year olds either, and they write for fun
among friends.)

Holly has gotten e-mail this month, and send instant messages to her
brothers' friends, who have been generous and corresponded with her. She
gets the iMac to read her what they've written and she responds in small
words, asking for help with spelling.

There are the kids' message boards at www.unschooling.com

What my kids do is on AOL, a kind of D&D-style game run through chatrooms. I
don't know of any just walk-in things.

If your son plays video games, there's a forum for every system out there (m
ore than one sometimes) with question and answer places of some sort (message
boards sometimes). Whether he writes anything or not, he's see what writing
would be good for (leaving questions, or answering other people's questions
if he knows the answers).

Marty liked Ask Jeeves when he was first online. Questions and answers about
all KINDS of things.

I bet others here will have lots of ideas for where a nine year old could go
online.

Sandra

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