JibJab (http://sendables.jibjab.com/)

common sense media says

Card-making site fun for teens, needs supervision for kids.


parents & educators say

What parents need to know

Parents need to know that this site allows users to customize a broad selection of unique e-cards to send to friends. But while much of the offerings are fun, a lot of the content includes political satire, raunchy humor, and racy gags best suited for adults and older teens. With supervision, little kids can have fun personalizing some of the tamer videos.

Educational value: Not applicable.
Positive messages: With more than 1,200 titles
of cards and videos available to interact with and/or share, the content in this
site ranges from squeaky clean birthday messages to seriously smutty. And
there's certainly no shortage of potty humor and crude
terms.
Violence: Some of the videos and cards have some intense,
violent graphics. And although it's animated and none of it looks particularly
real, it's over-the-top gratuitous. The site does, however, provide fair warning
of this type of violent content so the user can avoid it.
Sex: There are a number of sexually themed cards and
videos, some with overt sexual references and language. A cursory look will
uncover references to lap dances, hookers, sex, and genital
warts.
Language: While many of the cards and videos are
good, clean fun, there are some that contain explicit language. For instance,
one e-card is called "I f---in' love you" and another
is called "Nuckin Futs."
Consumerism: Each page of the site features banner ads that
relate to the general theme of the Web site: humor. Cable television show
advertisements from stations such as MTV and Comedy Central are featured
prominently throughout.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking: Because the content of each
card and video varies depending on its creator, there are occasional images and
text that depict or refer to smoking and/or alcohol usage.

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What to talk about

Talk to your kids
Families can talk about the creative process. What are some of the differences between starting a project from scratch and using a site such as this one that gives you some raw materials to start with? Also talk about digital media creation.

Is it any good?

Is it any good?
 

Plug your family's faces into the disco or hula dance video, and there's fun to be had many times over at JibJab. But there's also quite a bit of questionable content interspersed with the family-friendly videos, cards, and images. More than 170 comedians, writers, artists, musicians, and performers have created over 1,200 titles in the JibJab library, and their creations run the gamut -- from snarky and silly to rude and crude. There are even some violent animated videos that come with a cautionary statement about their gratuitous violence.

JibJab can provide a good deal of entertainment and some truly original sendable creations. The "starring you" videos are especially fun, and younger children will get a kick out of seeing their faces animated in such a way. But parents may want to keep an eye on exactly which videos and cards their older children are interacting with. Hallmark it ain't.


This review was written by Conny Coon
 
 

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boon
kid, 12 years old
 
Boon's rating
There is so much sexual humor, and violence on this site that you can click on video of a baby, and he will suddenly start cursing. they have tons of movie spoofs from a christmas story, to jaws, to star wars. most of these videos contain obsene language. the violent and sexual e-mails give you a good warning that says it is violent or bad. still most videos have bad language, but have no warning. the word f--k is used rarely and probably only once, but this is a site kids should never go to.

 
Hilarious Political Humor
JibJab is full of funny movies that offer astute political and social commentary. My personal favorites are the year-end summaries. Parents be warned, there is sex, violence, potty humor, and other stuff that just isn't appropriate for under 13s.

4773atl
kid, 10 years old
 
Funny, but not for young kids

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