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Many parents now get domain names for kids too young to type

Went Hot: August 28, 2007 - 11:27 am
Posted By: chriswinfield 677 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.cnn.com)
Category: Domaining

Besides leaving the hospital with a birth certificate and a clean bill of health, baby Mila Belle Howells got something she won't likely use herself for several years: her very own Internet domain name....

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from dannysullivan 677 days ago #

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I don't think my kids were walking when I got theirs.

from chriswinfield 677 days ago #

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I hear you Danny - my kids haven't even been born yet (just names picked out) and we have theirs...

from Wiep 677 days ago #

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Same here, Chris :)

from TimDineen 677 days ago #

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4 months pre-birth here.

from TannerC 677 days ago #

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Babies and websites have a lot in common. I actually wrote about it a month ago.

It will never cease to amaze me at how the internet is becoming more and more of an aspect of life it's self.

from planetc1 677 days ago #

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No domains for kids here but my dogs have domains and they type horribly.

from MattMcGee 677 days ago #

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I'm also in the registered-their-domains-before-they-were-born category. I think it's a smart thing to do....

from algoholic 677 days ago #

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My daughter got her domain (+photo-blog) right after we picked her name, same day she was born.

Too bad she got tired from the Comment Spam bots and now she requires a user/password login... ;-)

from Wiep 677 days ago #

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planetc1, that's why you always have to register several name typo domains for your dogs as well :P

from MiriamEllis 677 days ago #

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This is an interesting story, but I am not a fan of parents treating the Internet like a safe place for kids.

Perhaps when the child is an adult, they may like having their own domain name, but with the harmful content children are exposed to, and the crimes against children enabled by youth using Social Media, it makes me uncomfortable to see children and the Internet in the same bag.