Disney’s Ponyo, a G-rated kids movie created by Japan’s animated film master Hayao Miyazaki, opens today in theatres nationwide.  American audiences may remember Mayazaki’s Spirited Away, an Oscar-winning animated film.  Ponyo, already a huge success in Japan, is based on Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale The Little Mermaid. After seeing the Ponyo movie trailer, I decided to [...]

According to a new study by Nielsen Online, our kids are going online in droves and spending more and more of their time on the internet. In May 2009, active online users included 16 million U.S. kids aged 2 to 11, which represents 9.5% of the active online population.  Over the past five years, the number of kids [...]