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It depends. If your child age 12-16 years shows interest in programming. Purchase all the smartphones for them to learn to code. Or a raspberry pi.
A smartphone to learn how to code? Not sure if sarcastic....
I think as every year passes we get closer to a point where younger and younger kids need a cell phone. I grew up till about 12 without one, so I can quite distinctly remember a time without. And even then, I didn’t get a smartphone until like 14. “Mobile culture” didn’t really take off till my last 2 years in HS. A lot of being a kid nowadays involves interacting with others on these devices. But at the same time, w…
Wow crazy.
I bought my first Smartphone with 23.
I'm really really curious how this will and already affects lots of kids who don't have the skill set to learn by themselves how to handle it correctly.
I'm still waisting too much time with it.
And it will run Linux! No kid of mine will grow up thinking proprietary software is normal! The source is yours to command!
One thing I'm considering is getting my kid a laptop when they start asking for a smartphone. They'll be able to engage socially for the most part, but it won't have the "with you every moment of every day" problem. And instead of a device that's mainly geared towards consumption, they'll at least have tool that's designed to to empower its user. And it will run Linux! No kid of mine will grow up thinking proprietary…
I mine at 58 years old (this year). I'm not sure I'm mature enough for it. It's a clunky, yet seductive slab of glass, what with that persistent lure of connectivity to the world, and access to the sum of all human knowledge. More horsepower than the Cray, without the cooling, raised floor, maintenance or power bills, and yet the NSA doesn't object to me owning one myself... could it be the tracking it affords them?…
One thing I'm considering is getting my kid a laptop when they start asking for a smartphone. They'll be able to engage socially for the most part, but it won't have the "with you every moment of every day" problem. And instead of a device that's mainly geared towards consumption, they'll at least have tool that's designed to to empower its user. And it will run Linux! No kid of mine will grow up thinking proprietary…
If they turn out not to be a programmer, won't using Linux hurt them? Basically every other profession/industry either use windows-only software, or have some kind of policy to use windows (microsoft intune, etc...)
One thing I'm considering is getting my kid a laptop when they start asking for a smartphone. They'll be able to engage socially for the most part, but it won't have the "with you every moment of every day" problem. And instead of a device that's mainly geared towards consumption, they'll at least have tool that's designed to to empower its user. And it will run Linux! No kid of mine will grow up thinking proprietary…
If they turn out not to be a programmer, won't using Linux hurt them? Basically every other profession/industry either use windows-only software, or have some kind of policy to use windows (microsoft intune, etc...)
One thing I'm considering is getting my kid a laptop when they start asking for a smartphone. They'll be able to engage socially for the most part, but it won't have the "with you every moment of every day" problem. And instead of a device that's mainly geared towards consumption, they'll at least have tool that's designed to to empower its user. And it will run Linux! No kid of mine will grow up thinking proprietary…
If they turn out not to be a programmer, won't using Linux hurt them? Basically every other profession/industry either use windows-only software, or have some kind of policy to use windows (microsoft intune, etc...)