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By: Nancy | July 03, 2008 | Category: Home and Family

It's only fair.

Last week I talked about fun websites for girls that I found on Kids.gov and around the web. Since then, I've been hearing from moms and dads who are looking for safe and fun sites for their sons, too.

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I'm starting the hunt back at Kids.gov, where this month's featured government website for kids is the National Security Agency's CryptoKids. The site's fun characters and games help kids learn to create and crack secret codes. Little do they know that they're building their math, logic and language skills at the same time.

Girls get stereotyped as the ones who are big leisure readers. But boys can get just as lost in a good adventure or fantasy story. Filled with reviews of new and classic books for young readers, Kidsreads.com is a good place to discover inspiring and exciting stories that'll keep kids engaged for hours at a time.

Send your young explorer around the world on a single website: National Geographic Kids. Photos, stories, games and activities show kids the wonder of animals and the mysteries of far away lands.

Boys can learn about the traditions, practical skills and adventures of scouting with the Boy Scouts of America and with their official magazine, Boys' Life. For the scout or non-scout, the magazine's website is full of challenging games, experiments, hobbies and projects to build.

Do your kids have vivid imaginations? Let them exercise them on Poptropica, a virtual online world that lets kids age 6 to 15 safely create characters, travel and challenge each other in games.

If you remember growing up with Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers, chances are, you have kids who are just the right age to enjoy interacting with their favorite public television characters like Elmo and Arthur on PBS Kids. While they're there, you can take a look at PBS Parents the companion website for moms and dads with a section full of insight on the joyful challenge of raising boys.

Ok, the parents of daughters shared some favorite sites for girls last week. Parents and family members of boys, your turn. What web sites do your guys rush to when they go online?

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Thanks, Nancy! My sons will love this post.

Posted by GC on July 03, 2008 at 11:22 AM EDT #

I ask my son to play with it. The feedback from him is not too good. The website could use more cartoon graphic and child color and language. When my son click on Game and saw a lengthy link, he clicked away and look for something else. Have you done a usability study of this site from child's point of view? I fully support your effort and I think you can do better.

Posted by dcrider on July 03, 2008 at 04:09 PM EDT #

Which of the sites I mentioned are you referring to, Dcrider?

Posted by Nancy on July 05, 2008 at 12:27 PM EDT #

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