{"id":5729,"date":"2015-06-17T20:10:58","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T03:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5729"},"modified":"2015-06-17T20:10:58","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T03:10:58","slug":"new-app-kinder-helps-elementary-schoolers-with-playdates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5729","title":{"rendered":"New App \u201cKinder\u201d Helps Elementary Schoolers with Playdates"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"kinder2\"<\/a>Stapleton parents often control their kids\u2019 playdates as well as play times and locations. This, of course, essentially makes it so parents are choosing their children\u2019s\u2019 friends. Some Stapleton parents are fine with that. \u201cThese are four to eight year old kids,\u201d exclaimed Kathy Gregory. \u201cThey aren\u2019t developed mentally enough to be choosing their own friends. There are certain evils I can see in kids that maybe my son can\u2019t see. I do my best to make it so he is not meeting up with that kid, even if I like his parents.\u201d Annie Weber agrees but for different reasons. \u201cHey, these kids could be friends for life,\u201d says Weber. \u201cIf I don\u2019t like their parents, I don\u2019t want to be stuck sitting next to them at birthday parties, having dinners at each other\u2019s houses, etc. just so our kids can hang out. So, yeah, I like to try to select my kid\u2019s friends so that I am comfortable hanging out with their parents.\u201d\n\nKinder attempts to take the control out of the hands of the parents and put it into the hands of the kids themselves. Developer Brian Clark says kids can recognize qualities in other kids they like through a photo and brief description just as well as an adult would. \u201cKids are extremely perceptive,\u201d says Clark. \u201cIn fact, they are often more perceptive than adults.\u201d Clark says the app is just as much about timing as it is trying to develop a long-term friendship. \u201cSometimes a kid\u2019s main friends or neighbors just aren\u2019t around. And parents typically don\u2019t want to play with their kids, so the app attempts to fill that gap. If your child is at a park, you simply login to Kinder, and you can start perusing other potential playdates who are in the area playing, or are considering going to play. Just like Tinder, you view a quick profile and swipe left if you are not interested in playing, and right if you are interested in playing. If the other child(ren) swipe right on your kid\u2019s profile, you are able to connect and meet up to play.\u201d\nSue Dreesman says the app has been very affective. \u201cWhen we go to the park, we always use it,\u201d says Dreesman. \u201cIt allows my daughter to meet lots of different people, and she can get exposed to a lot more that way. Otherwise, I feel like I am sheltering her.\u201d Christine Wiley agrees. \u201cIt has been extremely helpful in finding my kids\u2019 friends,\u201d said Wiley. \u201cIt takes those awkward setup playdates out of the picture. The kids already feel like they know each other and can just go play.\u201d Clark says the app will help connect kids and keep them outside and active as well. \u201cInstead of kids sitting around because their friends aren\u2019t around, they can instantly meet new friends,\u201d says Clark. The Kinder App can be found in the Play Store as well as Apple\u2019s App Store.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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