"Why?," I asked my daughter. She's only six, and when these are the first words out of her mouth after returning home from school, you'd better believe my curiousity was piqued - especially considering how many countless hours she's spent with Outfit7's Talking games over the last few years.

"Because," she replied. "There are bad men that are using it to talk to kids, and they can even see you!"

A bizarre schoolyard rumor, no doubt. I consider myself in-the-loop enough to know total hogwash when I hear it. But still, I'm always trying to instill a "safety first" attitude in my kids, and since she felt safer deleting, I didn't hesitate to let her. I explained how it's not true first, but hey - when a kid gets something in their head, it can stick there like glue.