Melissa Maypole is head of CSR for Qustodio, a parental control solution that helps parents set limits for kids' screen time, filter content, monitor activity from anywhere, locate their kids on a map, and more.
IN ONE OF THE SCARIER moments of "It," Andy Muschietti's smash-hit movie adaptation of the 1986 Stephen King novel, seven kids survey a map of their Maine hometown, searching for clues that will help them battle the child-murdering clown known as Pennywise.
After all, what kid uses a map to get around when they have access to GPS? Who do you ask when you don't know the way to go?
If you have kids, draw them a map and post it near their door.
Kyte also comes with a parent's dashboard that lets you see exactly where your kid is on a map, and monitor their phone usage.
Bob popped his bearded face in front of the webcam and told the kid to get a map and disconnected the conversation.
To unwrap the Treasure X, for example, kids have to follow a map and dig through the toy's 10 layers to find the booty buried inside.
"It has a kids' map, and we have activity sheets inside full of games and drawing exercises," Mr. Lauer said.
And there are a few, just a few things that will be off limits... cell phone, computer, DVD, GPS (get out a map, kid), iPod, Xbox, iPad, Kindle, Cable TV and here is the clincher in my family: ESPN.
The guy with the big eyes told me that when he was a kid, his mom had a map of Booth's escape route she would show him from time to time.
