Disney.com/camprock and Managing Online Habits

Disney runs a web site for tweens called Disney.com/camprock. Disney.com/camprock is a companion web site to their new, hit Disney movie, Camp Rock. Disney.com/camprock Camp Rock movie both feature performances by the Jonas Brothers, Demi Lavato, Alyson Stoner, Meaghan Jette Carter, and other teen Disney TV stars.

Disney.com/camprock

At Disney.com/camprock can watch the entire Camp Rock movie. Kids can register at Disney.com/camprock for free and create their own Camp Rock channel. Disney.com/camprock members can also chat through a filtered chat program with other Disney.com/camprock members.

On their own channel, Disney.com/camprock members can select Disney games, Disney videos and Disney music play lists. Kids can easily save their favorites which get added to their backpacks.

Camp Rock fans, especially tween girls will enjoy watching videos and playing Camp Rock games on the Disney.com/camprock web site.

Managing Kids Online Habits at Disney.com/camprock

Sites like Disney.com/camprock can keep kids online for hours at at time. The Disney.com/camprock web site, for example, is a place to view the entire Camp Rock movie online. Tweens who missed the weekend bonanza of the daily airings of Camp Rock can watch it online. These same tweens can watch Camp Rock over and over, as tweens tend to do when they find a movie, show or song they like.

Managing the time kids spend online is only slightly different than managing the time they spend watching TV or playing video games. With TV and video games, there are not direct educational applications, and with the Internet there are. Parents also need to be aware that there is increasingly "more on" and more to do online than there is on TV.

1. When managing time kids spend online, parents need to allow for both research time and for entertainment time. When it comes to web sites like Disney.com/camprock, tweens who want to watch an entire movie will be spending at least two hours online. Spending time online is not the same as watching TV. It's more interactive, and parents need to acknowledge that.