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EstToday (http://www.esttoday.com)

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Skimpy features, high prices limit T-shirt design studio.

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What parents need to know

Parents need to know that this interactive Web site lets visitors design their own T-shirts and buy them -- and other clothes -- in its online store. There's a community feature, but chat includes pre-scripted phrases only. An email address is required for registration.

Educational value: There's some creativity involved in designing T-shirts.
Positive messages: Chat is limited to friendly pre-scripted phrases. Clothing is age-appropriate, and some items feature positive themes (peace, recycling).
Violence: Not applicable.
Sex: Not applicable.
Language: Not applicable.
Consumerism: This is largely a shopping site, and some items are quite expensive.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking: Not applicable.
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Families can talk about designing clothes. What did you like about designing your own T-shirt? What would make the design feature more fun? Families can talk about more hands-on (and potentially cheaper) options, like purchasing decals and paints at a craft store.

Is it any good?

Is it any good?
 

It's fun to customize T-shirts and check out other users' creations, although girls who come expecting to create designs from scratch may be disappointed. Also, shirts with lots of elements can cost upwards of $40 a pop. There's not a whole lot to the site's other features; besides designing shirts, the main focus is the store, which sells Est. Today clothing and other brands. The site requires Flash, and some features can be very slow to load.

This review was written by Susan Yudt
 
 

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