OK, I'm not the greatest fan of the idea of a virtual pet, but at least I don't have to clean up after it. But apparently either out of pure meaness, or maybe an April Fools joke gone bad, but now there's an
urban myth flying through elementry schools about webkinz heads getting chopped off at the clinic, or Miss Birdie offing your favorite pet.
I just had both daughters on my lap wailing about how their virtual pets were going to have their heads cut off and they'd never be able to get them back. Of course, it's heightened by the age group that tends to be very literal, and not able to clearly differentiate between the real world and the virtual world. Unfortunately, that particular moment wasn't the right time to have a heart-to-heart about urban myths, hackers and the ability of software engineers to fix programs -- I even had their mom (a SW-Engineer BTW) try to explain the computer facts of life to them.
But, it's nothing that a few minutes of free TV for distraction couldn't fix.
So -- Anyone else have the same experience recently???