youtube is offically the devil

[cirro]

Lets be honest here, I bet its cirro that is watching dinosaur king

 

i knew it was only time before my cover was blown

[Bosco]

I knew it

[GabrielT]

Yeah i did some, its called learning? areyou the only person who thinks your smart enough to determine what is and isnt teaching a child? or someone who thinks children are like cattle to only think one of two results

 

sorry not all kids learn the same

 

my research = it works for my child so im happy.

 

Don't be like that man.

 

What it is this in a nut shell. Those companies were forced to give back tons of money to the first customers of there product because they were stating that it was healthy for toddlers to learn to read. It is actually not a good thing for kids to learn to read too early. Reading is a very unnatural thing and just because a toddler can read doesn't mean that the reading will do them any good. If anything learning to read too early hinders comprehension and good reading habits.

 

I will step down from this conversation though, my first statement came off a little harsh. That is the problem with typing this out rather than telling you it in person, without body language bad writing leads to misunderstandings.

Sorry. Take it from a kid who's baby sitter was a TV, it's not a good thing.

Edited October 6, 2011 by GabrielTessin

[medbor]

mormons are better than 4chan though

Also reading too early means he will read a lot of stuff that you probably don't want him too, like murder stories in newspaper and ads along the highway... So its not strictly positive, but still i'm not a parent so i would not know. It's probably like when we brag about our rigs and overclocking them. if i would have a pentium 2 that could run BF3 i would brag about it, and i can see that it's coool to have a 2 year old that can read

[Stonerboy779]

... if i would have a pentium 2 that could run BF3 i would brag about it, and i can see that it's coool to have a 2 year old that can read

Best analogy ever...

 

 

When I have kids they are not touching the internet, for anything other than study, until they hit high-school (I know I am aussie things are different, so for you americans year 7 or around 12-13 yo).

Even then it will be pretty limited on them until they get to 16 when they can start earning more freedoms and will also get more responsibilities. With most things opening up when they can hold down a job and interact properly as an adult.

 

I think this approach has worked on me pretty well till now,

(thanks mum and dad, as much as I may curse you at times.... especially when you still don't listen to me or trust my recommendations/advice on things pertaining to the home network I put together and pc's I have built for you.... as well as other assorted electrical and electronic things. Hopefully after a few years into my electrical engineering course they will listen more).

[Deathmineral]

Don't be like that man.

 

What it is this in a nut shell. Those companies were forced to give back tons of money to the first customers of there product because they were stating that it was healthy for toddlers to learn to read. It is actually not a good thing for kids to learn to read too early. Reading is a very unnatural thing and just because a toddler can read doesn't mean that the reading will do them any good. If anything learning to read too early hinders comprehension and good reading habits.

 

I will step down from this conversation though, my first statement came off a little harsh. That is the problem with typing this out rather than telling you it in person, without body language bad writing leads to misunderstandings.

Sorry. Take it from a kid who's baby sitter was a TV, it's not a good thing.

I think that while you might be right about reading being an unnatural thing, I don't think it's necessarily bad for a young child to be able to read, what's bad for a child is not having things properly explained when they do learn about something.

 

Personally I grew up on TV, cartoons mainly, and while I do have a lot of trouble with reading comprehension and writing, specifically I'm simply much slower than the average person at these things, I don't blame it on TV because for me it's a hereditary issue, most of the men in my dad's side of the family have this problem. I don't see it as a bad thing though, it doesn't make life impossible for me, but it's a little more challenging for me.

 

mormons are better than 4chan though

Also reading too early means he will read a lot of stuff that you probably don't want him too, like murder stories in newspaper and ads along the highway... So its not strictly positive, but still i'm not a parent so i would not know. It's probably like when we brag about our rigs and overclocking them. if i would have a pentium 2 that could run BF3 i would brag about it, and i can see that it's coool to have a 2 year old that can read

I don't think mormons are the real issue here, it's more that children are very impressionable and seeing an adult in a commercial talk about how great it is to be a mormon could have an impact.

 

My personal experience is that mormons are pretty nice people typically and one of the better religions around.

 

Best analogy ever...

 

 

When I have kids they are not touching the internet, for anything other than study, until they hit high-school (I know I am aussie things are different, so for you americans year 7 or around 12-13 yo).

Even then it will be pretty limited on them until they get to 16 when they can start earning more freedoms and will also get more responsibilities. With most things opening up when they can hold down a job and interact properly as an adult.

 

I think this approach has worked on me pretty well till now,

(thanks mum and dad, as much as I may curse you at times.... especially when you still don't listen to me or trust my recommendations/advice on things pertaining to the home network I put together and pc's I have built for you.... as well as other assorted electrical and electronic things. Hopefully after a few years into my electrical engineering course they will listen more).

I agree with this method, I think the waiting until they about 12 or so is a pretty good idea, for guys anyway, I think girls should have to wait until they're like 25 to use the internet, I'm just sexist like that.

 

Honestly though, my dad did about the same with me, I didn't really start using the internet until I was about 12 or 13, but it was dial-up until then anyway so porn would have loaded really slow and really I think he was saving me from that frustration.

 

I think the most important thing is making sure a child isn't putting themself in danger on the internet though, if there was one thing my dad always told me it's to never put my full name, address, any personal info on the internet. Thanks to technology "advancing" it's now the cool thing to put your full name, address, phone number, pictures, school you go to, etc. on the internet. Thanks a lot guy that created Facebook, what was wrong with being anonymous on Myspace or Yahoo chat rooms? Anyway, it's always a good idea to monitor a child on the internet, and closely, even sites you think are safe at first glance can have some very explicit content on them. Luckily stuff like this is a lot easier for parents than what it was when I was young, now you have routers with plenty of safety settings, software that can show you what someone is looking at on their computer. Obviously not every parent can use these tools but anyone on this site can probably do it. For a parent that can't, it's not a big deal, there's still the good 'ol looking over their shoulder method.