My kids have a pretty sweet life. Mom gets loads of info on all the new tech toys and likes to check them out too, so my kids all have Ipods, we have several GameBoys, coupla Nintendo DS and the Nintendo Wii. They don't have everything but they continue to want more. MORE! Like Audrey II in "Little Shop of Horrors", their demand for technology has an unsatiable appetite. "Feed me, Seymour!" Great show, by the way, my kids loved it!
These toys have introduced some new technology challenges to the home and our lives on the road too. I've mentioned before that the Nintendo Wii uses any available wireless networks to display the Internet right on your TV. Parents can shut that off using the built-in parental controls. But it was a treat to watch my nephew's YouTube video of his robotics' built dog "Toto" for his school's production of "The Wizard of Oz", while in our living room with the grandparents. Despite poor display quality, we were all more comfortable than crowding around a laptop or monitor in the den. So at least for now, we're allowing the WiFi capability to be used on our Wii.
Not long ago, we were on a summer vacation in one of our National Parks and my son mentioned there was good web connectivity in the Lodge's grand lobby. He knew this from his PSP's WiFi service. Ugh.
Dory Devlin at Yahoo (she's "The Mom" over there) has an EXCELLENT post with more information on this issue and some solid tips for making your family's devices more safe or in compliance with your family rules. Here's the link. Please take a read and let me know if you found it helpful.