{"id":1988,"date":"2009-06-24T07:00:29","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=1988"},"modified":"2011-11-07T08:47:23","modified_gmt":"2011-11-07T14:47:23","slug":"blast-away-boredom-on-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/blast-away-boredom-on-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Blast away Boredom on the Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/category\/blast-away-boredom\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/boredombanner.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Check back every Monday through Thursday for ideas to have more fun all summer long.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Need more ideas? Try <a href=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/01\/blast-away-bor\u2026th-momstoolboxblast-away-boredom-with-momstoolbox\/\" target=\"_self\">this one<\/a> to get you set for anytime boredom sets in&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On with today&#8217;s idea&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Go ahead&#8230; let your kids surf the &#8216;net!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I know that I learn a lot and enjoy surfing the \u2018net so why shouldn\u2019t my kids do the same?<\/p>\n<p>I typically set a timer and let them enjoy sites like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lego.com\/\">www.lego.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starfall.com\/\">www.starfall.com<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbskids.org\/\">www.pbskids.org<\/a>. I\u2019ve also heard that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clubpenguin.com\/\">www.clubpenguin.com<\/a> is fun and safe as is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poptropica.com\/\">www.poptropica.com<\/a> Just be sure to do your own pre-surfing and then let them have fun!<\/p>\n<p>What sites does your family enjoy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check back every Monday through Thursday for ideas to have more fun all summer long. Need more ideas? Try this one to get you set for anytime boredom sets in&#8230; On with today&#8217;s idea&#8230; Go ahead&#8230; let your kids surf the &#8216;net! I know that I learn a lot and enjoy surfing the \u2018net so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[384],"tags":[279],"class_list":["post-1988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activities-for-kids","tag-boredom-buster"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1988"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9758,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988\/revisions\/9758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}