An Internet Application That Could Make Someone Very Rich

Eric pointed me to FreeRice.com, an online learning game that teaches English vocabulary (something I could no doubt use) and I thought, Hey, if we could get parents and teachers to send students there to play their learning games then we'd have better educated kids and less hunger in the world.

As Eric pointed out, FreeRice.com is in some ways an advertising machine but that doesn't change the fact that it could help some people become more literate.

But alas there is a problem with my idea.

You see, for most Internet users there is no way to keep your children playing FreeRice.com. The minute you turn your back the kids type in Disney.com, say, ImABabyGangBanger.com or whatever their favorite gaming site is and zip on off at 56K to play something that might be less of a learning tool and more of a toy or worse. I mean, hey, you're reading BloggingPoet.com and you're supposed to be at work, right?

So that got me to thinking, Isn't there someone out there who can build an Internet application that allows parents and teachers to control which sites children use? I'm not talking about filters, I'm talking about an application (a browser plugin perhaps) that allows adults to pre-screen which sites children are using before the children go online. Not a filter but a blocker that blocks any site you've yet to approve. That way, if you don't feel like ImABabyGangBanger.com is the sort of site you want your kids using then you have the option of turning off access to that site through a login process that requires your passcode before your kids can surf over to any site you've yet to approve.

That way, when your little Johnny comes home and says, "Mom, all the kids at school are playing, IShotTheBitchDead.com, can I play too?" you will have the final say even before little Johnny learns how to load his gun.

And if such a thing is already available I'd like to know more.