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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@pmoncho said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
How Old Should Kids Be When They Get Their Own Digital Devices?
My little spin on the title of the article.
They can have "Their Own Digital Devices" when they make enough money to buy their own. Until then, each device is owned by the parent and used by the child.
Technically speaking, aren't children owned by their parents, unless the kids are taken away because of the parents being complete PoS's? Thus the children have no ability to own anything.
Technically yeah. Law dictates 18 for contracts AFAIK.
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@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Another 23 percent said ages 9 to 11, and 17 percent said not until ages 16 to 18.
LOL, mine have had them since they were one.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Another 23 percent said ages 9 to 11, and 17 percent said not until ages 16 to 18.
LOL, mine have had them since they were one.
Yeah my daughter has been playing with our cell phones and tablets since she realized we've used them so often.
She doesn't have her own because it would be wasted money at this point, but she will as soon as she has the capability to speak.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
She doesn't have her own because it would be wasted money at this point, but she will as soon as she has the capability to speak.
Mine got their own super young. Otherwise they'd be using battery, storage, access on ours .... and the last thing that we wanted was them dropping our critical devices. By giving them their own we got them more age appropriate devices, that weren't critical to adults functioning, that could be in child-protective cases.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
She doesn't have her own because it would be wasted money at this point, but she will as soon as she has the capability to speak.
Mine got their own super young. Otherwise they'd be using battery, storage, access on ours .... and the last thing that we wanted was them dropping our critical devices. By giving them their own we got them more age appropriate devices, that weren't critical to adults functioning, that could be in child-protective cases.
Oh how many non-IT parents don't understand this. I cannot tell you how many parents here at work come to me for help with virus's and such on their own device (with saved banking logins and all the goodies). I ask what they clicked on or what they were doing and 90% of the time the answer begins with "Well, my child..."
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@pmoncho This is the exact reason my kids had their own devices from early on.
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@scottalanmiller and @pmoncho I've been considering just setting up an old touchscreen laptop for her to mess around with, and just keep reloading it as often as needed.
@pmoncho I deal with this 90% of the time as well, and respond with "Well this isn't a personal device, so I'm going to have to let management know that I'm fixing issues caused by your children using work provided equipment which is strictly against CP."
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@brandon220 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@pmoncho This is the exact reason my kids had their own devices from early on.
It took a while to convince my wife to do the same with her kids. Ugh. It's like pulling teeth some times. She gets new and the kids get her old after I reload. Simple but mostly never done.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller and @pmoncho I've been considering just setting up an old touchscreen laptop for her to mess around with, and just keep reloading it as often as needed.
@pmoncho I deal with this 90% of the time as well, and respond with "Well this isn't a personal device, so I'm going to have to let management know that I'm fixing issues caused by your children using work provided equipment which is strictly against CP."
Oh man. I don't have to deal with home employees so I get to escape that one. Thank goodness. I feel your pain.
Does management/HR ever say anything?
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@pmoncho said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Does management/HR ever say anything?
Doesn't seem like it some times because there are repeat offenders.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@pmoncho said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Does management/HR ever say anything?
Doesn't seem like it some times because there are repeat offenders.
UGH!!!!
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But anyways, I was thinking a kid friendly linux distro would be good for her, something that would help her to learn numbers, letters, programming, with some parental controls would be nice as well.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller and @pmoncho I've been considering just setting up an old touchscreen laptop for her to mess around with, and just keep reloading it as often as needed.
For usability, an iPad is hard to beat. But for cost effectiveness a Kindle Fire is so cheap.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Kindle Fire is so cheap
Under $100 for a tablet is pretty darn nice, but I'm not wanting to give her something to just play on, but to actually learn with.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
But anyways, I was thinking a kid friendly linux distro would be good for her, something that would help her to learn numbers, letters, programming, with some parental controls would be nice as well.
I've been wanting to try this for some time with my son. Pop in the thumb drive in my desktop when he wants to use it and not have to worry about anything getting messed up with my computer.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Kindle Fire is so cheap
Under $100 for a tablet is pretty darn nice, but I'm not wanting to give her something to just play on, but to actually learn with.
When they are very young, playing and learning are the same thing. What extra "learning" would a laptop provide?
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@bnrstnr SoaS has been around for a long time and is a solid option.
Because all she doesn't right now is slap the screen, externally attached devices may not be best though.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
When they are very young, playing and learning are the same thing. What extra "learning" would a laptop provide?
idk, first time parent here. Give me a break!
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
When they are very young, playing and learning are the same thing. What extra "learning" would a laptop provide?
idk, first time parent here. Give me a break!
I have 16 months old, our first too, he's very keen on pushing buttons, I had to put plastic cover on receiver and disconnect power button in the server, but iPad button gets abused. I'm also thinking about getting something dedicated for him.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@bnrstnr SoaS has been around for a long time and is a solid option.
Because all she doesn't right now is slap the screen, externally attached devices may not be best though.
Yeah, my son just turned 4 and he's still not totally used to using a real computer, I feel like SoaS might be a good transition. We've had the Fire tablets for both my son and daughter since they were like 18 months old. Can't beat the price, especially on prime day/black friday/cyber monday/etc.
