What could be the best way to introduce the world of computers to a kid, let’s say of 6 years old, so that he learns to handle it like a toy and stops dreading it like some esoteric, arcane and recondite machine from some eldritch, enigmatic, cryptic and phantasmal world ?

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  • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
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    3 days ago

    You aren’t the lad’s parent.

    You aren’t too. I gave my opinion as well.

    And yes, within reason I think you should let a 6 year old do what they want with their free time.

    You have lot of assumptions about how the parents raise and teaches their kids. I think the parents should teach and bring the tech to the kid, because the parents think its a good thing. From there it can go any way. Without trying you wouldn’t know. I think we both should let the parents parenting the kid and not assume anything more than the question. Let the parent show the kid some Linux stuff.

    I think this is a good preparation for the future, so it does not become too much dependent on Windows and knows difference and strength of Linux early on, so it can make his own choice. Parent does not force here, just teaches some stuff. I don’t know why you have a problem with that.