Comments on: Can Webkinz Teach Kids Personal Finance?

By: CalvinTee123

CalvinTee123 — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 00:42:03 +0000

MY KINZ CHAT WONT WORK IN WEBKINZ!! WHY?? PLZ HELP!! I TRIED TURNING POP UP BLOCKERS ON AND OFF STILL NOTHING! I CALLED WEBKINZ THEY SAID TRY TURNING HTTP PORT 81 AND FTP PORT 21 AND I DID STILL NOTHING PS FOR SAFETY I TURNED MY POP UP BLOCKERS BACK ON AND MY HTTP PORT 81 AND FTP PORT 21 OFF!.. PLZ HELP ME THOUGH

By: -Mysterious Lily-

-Mysterious Lily- — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 06:19:40 +0000

You don’t have to water your plants! I repeat you do NOT have to water your plants! You can harvest hem just as quickly WITHOUT watering them!( You must still weed every 1-2 days)

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:16:08 +0000

you know i agree with you on the bank I have suggested it several time. As well as like a sprinkler because if you have a lot of plants like I do it takes forever to water!!

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:07:29 +0000

webkinz is a really cool game its great for kids and teenagers too! but……. i wish that you could do more things like having actual pople in the game like you get to design your own person, and more!!!!

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:21:33 +0000

Millsbury, sponsored by General Mills cereal, is a similar website but it is free online and no purchase required. It has games, spelling and math included, a bank with interest, store, nutrition, pet care, and other “real life” counterparts. In moderation, these games can provide valuable, simulated life lessons. (I am not an employee or in anyway connected to General Mills.)

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:18:13 +0000

Well, if it were exactly like real life, it wouldn’t be much fun! If you’re looking for a game that more realistically represents the financial challenges of real life, I would recommend The Sims. It does have bills and taxes that you have to pay, and it even hints at investing (occasionally, a Sim will get a phone call about a large investment gain). Things can break, and the upkeep of the house and property directly affect the Sims’ moods. Sims who spend time learning to cook are rewarded with the ability to cook more filling meals. You have to get the pets expansion pack to be able to grow your own food, though.

By: j d

j d — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:14:51 +0000

Interesting topic. My 9 yo daughter plays webkinz and of late seems most obsessed with getting into the arena. She had some game that she earned where she could write movies, which was very cool and quite creative.

She and I both have accounts on club penguin (yeah, I’m a geek too, clever dude), and I have seen some interesting things there that would integrate nicely into webkinz. They had a period some time back where we could donate our points to determine what one of three charities club penguin would donate to. You can purchase pets for the penguins called puffles that you have to regularly feed, exercise, and keep generally happy – a little more commitment. Daughter has to go play games to earn enough money to feed her 8 puffles. Though I’ve not seen her puffles die, I’ve seen them very mad at her, which is just a hoot.

By: Mrs. Micah

Mrs. Micah — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:05:46 +0000

When I was younger (16…..) I used to play on the Neopets site. That was pretty similar. I should see what they’ve done with that.

By: donna jean

donna jean — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:11:28 +0000

My 12-year-old daughter plays on webkinz occasionally and one of the most amusing things I noticed was when she added a “huge” garden to her house so she could grow food for her pets. Her reasoning, it was much cheaper to grow her own food than to keep buying stuff. I was even more amused when she discovered that she’d planted too much food and wasn’t able to keep up with harvesting it and had to buy another fridge to store it all in. This directly paralleled the topics at our house at the time as we were planning and planting our garden to replace the majority of our grocery needs! I’d love to see these virtual worlds include more real-life money situations because kids absorb this info easily and financial topics aren’t too complicated for children to grasp.

By: Clever Dude

Clever Dude — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:28:10 +0000

Hmm, I wonder if this article will make me look like a complete nerd. Or a doofus for playing a kid’s game. Well, someone has to do it. Think of the children!