In contrast to some other children's virtual worlds I've visited, Stardoll allows kids to build their own scenery and background stories. Instead of a rigid restaurant scene, they can concoct their own eatery. My only complaint is that the sole drink option was a mixed cocktail. Couldn't they have gone with a bottle of soda?
SHARON DUKE ESTROFF
Sharon
Duke Estroff is an award-winning educator and author of "Can I Have a Cell Phone for Hanukkah? (Random House,
2007). Her parenting articles appear in over 100 publications including
Parents, Good Housekeeping, Woman's Day and the Jerusalem Post. Her popular Undercover Mom Blog on Net Family News
gives digital immigrant parents timely, straightforward advice on raising digital native kids.
