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Item is a fun way for kids to learn to read, more so when the book includes their favorite character! Item arrived shortly after I ordered with no problems! Thank you!!

My 3 1/2 year old grandson is able to use the pen and loves the book. We had to read it over and over.

my 3 yr old loves scooby and this book is awsome. hardback and durable, I love the TAG system.

I have two nieces who requested this for Christmas. I can't wait for them to open them Christmas day!

Both my 4 yr old and 2 yr old sons are big Scooby Doo fans. They show the old shows on Boomerang Network here in Singapore. They already had the tag pen so this purchase was a no brainer. Kids love the story and the games, they've unlocked 4 of the 6 rewards too( rewards are kind of weak in my book but kids love getting them). Only negative is matching the parts of the castle with the words, very hard for the kids. They've looked at this book well over 50X so I consider it a good buy

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My niece, age 10, loved these cds. The story tellers voice was just right. The length of each tale was perfect as well as the content. Great for her October sleepovers as they go to bed listening to it and giggling.

The book `` Haunted Kids'' is so great that my mom had to tell me to stop reading so I could get some sleep for school in the morning. I am so hooked on this book that it is hard for me to stop reading it. Some days in school I even ask if we can free read in class so I can read the book ``Haunted Kids''. My favorite story ``The Devil's Garden.'' When I first read that first story is ``Devil's Garden'' I Knew right then that I was in love with that book.

You should buy this book because it is full of mind bending and spine chilling stories. All the kids in this book have had real contact with ghosts. Maybe you will too. My favorite story in this book is The Baby-Sitting Ghost. This story is about a girl who is baby sitting a baby. She starts to fall asleep when a old lady wakes her up and tells her to go to the baby's room. She finds the baby choking and the lady tells her what to do. When the girl saves the baby's life the lady is gone. When the old lady is gone she sees that she pulled a locket out of the baby's mouth. She looks inside and there is a picture of the old lady. When the parents come home the girl ask who the lady is. They say it was the Grandmother of the baby and that she is died!If you liked scary stories like ths one you will love all the other stories in this book!

Even though it's a little hard to beleive, it's a REALLY good book. Every time I want to get scared, I read this book over and over. I practically have every story memorized! Since all of the stories were especially good, none of them could be my "favorite".

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I read this guide from the perspective of a teacher, rather than a parent. Just last week I had a fourth grader's cell phone go off during class! There is no escaping technology, but there are ways to use it positively. Helpful - Dr. Osit provides advice and examples for a wide-range of children, from early elementary through the late teens. Essentially, the foundation for their needs (social acceptance) stays the same, just what they want and the extremes they will go to obtain it change. - Generation Text is very current, referencing many of the celebrities, types of technologies, and social trends that are children are exposed to right now. - The tone, while dealing with a serious matter, remains light-hearted, optimistic, and matter-of-fact. - Osit is upfront about warning parents that his advice may not work for every family; he is simply providing the tools for parents to access their family's needs. - As a teacher (who has no children of her own), it was interesting to see the various reasons why parents give-in to children, and the techniques the kids will use. Many of these techniques are things they try use in the educational environment to get their own way, such as bargaining, whining, and comparing. I think it may be easier on teachers, though in a sense; I'm only stuck with a child for ten months, I can deal with them being upset with me for standing my ground! Except... - My main (but slight) issue with this book was that at times I felt that the chapters were a bit repetitive, since many of the same tips can be used in different situations. For parents who are having issues with technological dependency in their homes this would probably be a great starting off point to rectifying the situation.

Very good advice that is very well explained. I think all parents should read this book.

Informative and insightful book for raising teens today. It definitely opened my eyes to the dramatic differences between our generations. I had not really stopped to contemplate all the major technology changes in our culture since I grew up and how it has impacted our youth. While technology is making everything better, faster, and greater, those "improvements" are hampering our children's ability to function successfully in society today. This is a "must read" for any parent who struggles to raise a normal, balanced child in a world of excess!

If you've ever wondered how to deal with the constant challenges of excess and technological access while raising your kids, you'll want to read Generation Text: Raising Well-Adjusted Kids in an Age of Instant Everything. As the title reveals, this generation's challenges are vastly different from those of former generations. Kids can shop, socialize and entertain themselves 24/7. Gone are the test-screen moments when they simply couldn't watch TV. Even if they don't get many channels, they can always tune in to TV via the Web. Dr. Michael Osit faces the challenge by addressing current parenting issues in a digital age. Generation Text offers parenting advice with some common sense suggestions such as gadget-free family meals, TV and PC-free bedrooms and limits on cell phone usage and the like. He also highlights the unprecedented benefits of technology, thereby addressing the upside of some computer games and applications. Simply put, kids still need limits in order to feel safe, and parents need to understand current dangers to make sure they are setting the right ones. Because I am writing my own book about our relationship to time, I found this book to be of particular interest from an 'instant everything' perspective. Our children's time perception is very short. As Dr. Osit writes, have you ever felt "the need for speed in order to compensate for the distraction delays" our gadgets bring? What was most interesting in the book were the case studies of children and teens who had an overblown sense of reality - screaming into the phone, demanding your mom's credit card number to buy yet another expensive hockey stick online? The mother complies merely to allay her own guilt for leaving her kid home, again. It's an amazing world in which we live. It is a place in which instant gratification isn't fast enough. Thankfully Dr. Osit's very readable Generation Text helps us parents navigate the quagmire with humor and resolve. Christine Louise Hohlbaum, author of Diary of a Mother: Parenting Stories and Other Stuff and Sahm I Am: Tales of a Stay-at-Home Mom in Europe, is a freelance writer living near Munich, Germany, with her husband and two children.

I recommend this book for parents, teachers and anybody involved in the lives of young people. Dr. Osit has done a terrific job packing a ton of valuable content into a book accessible for busy parents and educators. The writing is clever and direct, funny, and full of legitimate examples of situations and genuine dialogue. I have two teenage children and feel that what this book offers is truly helpful and the strategies suggested will truly work. Any parent of teenage children will appreciate this book immensely. Parents of teenagers need to alter their parenting styles to be better equipped to handle today's matters and Dr. Osit's book can help. Thank you!