After hearing these stories and in response to a customer request for safety software for infants, Kiddies Games created the computer game “Call 911”.
Actually, there are a few versions the game. “Call 911” is for USA and Canada. There is “Call 999” for England and the UK, “Call 000” for Australia, “Call 111” for New Zealand and “Call 112” for Europe.
Children who are that young dial the telephone by remembering the positions of the buttons to press on the telephone rather than by actually recognizing the numbers. Thus, the game is carefully designed to emphasize button positions and sequence.
As with all KiddiesGames, the game is designed to be fun and always positive, subtly showing the child the correct answer when necessary and cheering the child when they do dial the correct numbers. Thus, while subtly teaching new skills to small children, the game is always one of open-ended exploration and positive feedback for the self-esteem, which KiddiesGames believes are the most important ingredients of good infant software.
One of my favorite baby activities, which can also virtually qualify as a sport, is Bathing. Giving a baby a bath combines some of the most challenging elements of swimming, gymnastics, sculling, and fishing, as well as being a thorough cardiovascular workout for the sweating parent... In addition to the countless hard surfaces that shout of potential danger, there is also the water factor. Water is a funny element. In a glass, water is your friend. It cools you down, wets your whistle - that kind of water isn't going to hurt anybody. But pile it up in a tub, it gets crazy. It gangs up with the other water, surrounds your baby, and just dares you to screw up. When bathing a young person, you can't turn your back on that water for an instant.
quoted from "Babyhood" by Paul Reiser of television's "Mad About You", page 208
Small children should be supervised by a caregiver when at a computer,
to ensure no accidents occur that could hurt the child and that no equipment gets broken.