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» collegemom - Holiday gift idea and a way to stay in touch with your student

How about getting your student something "techy" that will also help you keep in touch with them? Our daughter went off to college this year and would never answer her cell phone or respond to our emails until the messages racked up. We got her a new laptop to take with her and we all know the kids are always online chatting with their friends. So we found a free product that lets us chat with her and talk with her. We bought her a headset with microphone that plugs into her computer and we got one for ourself and now we run "Yakkle" (they have a web site with more info...) and we can see if she is online or not and then we can connect to her and see how she is doing. She loves it since "the internet is her world" and we love it since she connects with us. It sure is nice to hear her voice regularly... Sometimes you have to communicate with your kids using their cool tools.

-- posted by collegemom

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