Florence Balderson and Club Penguin Part 2
It’s been 2 months now since Florence (9) became a Club Penguin addict. Here’s a quick update on how life is in Club Penguin land.
PB: Florence, how long every day are you spending on Club Penguin?
FB: I don’t have much time to play after school, normally maybe half an hour a day. My Mac stops me at five hours a day, so I should have enough time.
PB: I reckon you’re spending on average one hour a day.
FB: Maybe…
PB: Tell me about your role as an agent on Club Penguin?
FB: To start off, I needed to click a yellow button (to see what it does). I had to answer a quiz to become a secret agent. The quiz covered issues like when you see a penguin being rude, or mean, or asking for personal information. Then you report them to the moderator. What I do is I normally just do missions like ‘the missing puffballs’ and you get this little phone and you can teleport to places, and you read codes and all sorts.
PB: As an agent, have you had to report any naughty penguins?
FB: I reported this man for saying, “move your big butt off the chair”, so I reported him for rude behaviour. He’s now on my ignore list, and he can’t talk to me, or come to my igloo.
PB: Do you think Club Penguin is a safe environment?
FB: I think so, because mum and dad have told me not to give out personal information, and no one’s asked me for that. I make friends with people who seem friendly, and report people who are unfriendly. Lots of people are friendly on Club Penguin. I go round visiting people’s igloos.
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As a parent I couldn’t be more pleased with the Club Penguin environment. It’s well policed, and Florence is learning important online social networking skills. Skills, I think, which will be foundational for the next generation.
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