How "wired" are your kids?

[Chain729]

I could never and still can't handwrite anything for crap. Believe me, I tried and tried. In middle and high school, after the first week, my teachers would all threaten me with death if I turned in another hand-writen assignment. So... I learned to type.

Because of this, I'll never force them to learn to use a pencil if they don't want to.

We can't afford much (I'm the only one in the house with a cell), and due to room there's only 1 of several computers that are up and running. Their aren't many times that they ask to use the computer, and fewer times when we say no. Actually, because of them, I spend less time on one (aside from work) in a month, than I used to in a week.

 

[Chain729]

I have no idea what that is.

It's an old computer game (and was very popular) that many of us played in elementary school.

 

[Christy]

It's an old computer game (and was very popular) that many of us played in elementary school.

We didn't have computers when I was in elementary school. I'm old.

 

[Chain729]

We didn't have computers when I was in elementary school. I'm old.

I figured as much.

It was about the time when they switched from Mac to PC (once they came out with Windows). I remember thinking it was that I didn't have to type all that stuff in for DOS anymore.

 

[marianne]

Before my kids were born, I saw a toddler at an airport. This little boy was so small he was still learning how to walk. But he was playing a Blue's Clue's game on his father's laptop. I remember that vividly and installed PCs for each of my kids when they were 3. They learned more from the interactive educational PC games than books, Noggin, or anything else. When they were 4 years old, my only duty was installing new software. They learned to figure out how to play the games on their own. That problem-solving ability was probably more important than what the game taught them.

 

[Nickel]

Before my kids were born, I saw a toddler at an airport. This little boy was so small he was still learning how to walk. But he was playing a Blue's Clue's game on his father's laptop. I remember that vividly and installed PCs for each of my kids when they were 3. They learned more from the interactive educational PC games than books, Noggin, or anything else. When they were 4 years old, my only duty was installing new software. They learned to figure out how to play the games on their own. That problem-solving ability was probably more important than what the game taught them.

My four year old has many educational computer games that he loves to play. He's already asking for his own computer.

 

[StrwberryKisses]

My four year old has many educational computer games that he loves to play. He's already asking for his own computer.

I think that is great. Mine is always on, it teaches them coordination and how to reason. I try and keep them all educational but fun.