Can Kids and Computers Combine?

In addition, it’ll also remove the barrier between you and the child with the technology. As in, if something is concerning them, if you’ve spent time with them over it, chances are they’ll come to you for advice. With them being unprotected from somewhat occasionally seedy and disturbing people, this is paramount to keep them safe, and more importantly, to keep them secure in that they know what they’re dealing with.

chris, i agree im 11 and i regularaly keep up to date on your blogs and videos, and am subscribed to your you tube channel, but it can become very hard to learn when no one you know apart from you knows anything about tech. im fortanute enough to have a SITO (seniour internet technology officer) live right next door to me (not mentioning any names). im in england by the way . before i knew my next door neighbor i had to work out how to install RAM hhd, graphics cards e.t.c. and it was hard not having any one to tutor me or giude me through it. as my parents are qiute old in there 40’s, they dont even know how to highlight more than one item in windows. but i think the more people that email you and ask you questions the easier it will get for everyone.
thanks

jamie lake

I grew up in a house of polar opposites when it comes to technology (computers especially). My dad is very anti-modern tech. Anything that has to do with a monitor, CPU, and a connection to the internet is seen as an item from Satan to him. My mom is exactly the opposite. She got her first computer about 10 years ago, and she’s loved them ever since. That computer still works too! Still rocking IE4. I am proud to say that I drifted toward the world of technology, and so have my brothers. My big bro even participated in that IE4 event mentioned in the video. The difference is very, and I mean very apparent. My mom, brothers, and I are more open and knowledgeable to other cultures than my dad is, and we’re even finding better deals on daily items online also! I’m having a rich communication experience by commenting on this post right here. And, I debate with people on internet forums all of the time (I even moderate one of them). Networking and learning more about technology eat up most of my time. My dad? He sits in front of the TV, which he’s starting to hate. He didn’t know of the class-action lawsuit against Sony for the first-gen SXRD series TVs, the light engine specifically, which I did, because I read about it on the internet!

I’m 20 :^). I did in a sense watch you when I was still a teen. Call for Help!

Anyways I was introduced to a Windows 3.1 machine that was broken. I spent many hours playing and toying learning the in’s and out’s of DOS and finally how to use FDISK and install Windows!

If I had not been introduced to that machine and felt that feeling of fixing them I would not be in college right now for that very field.

All kids need a decent introduction to technology.

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I wish all adults thought that all children should use technology. I love it when you see an adult sitting there struggling to make something work or figure something out, and you tell them how to do it or what to do, and they don’t even listen. Also those are great tips. I started computers at a very young age with Windows 98 when I was 5 to 6. Of course I progressed over time but it is more than likely because I started early and got time to learn.

Hey i think that letting you kid(s) use tech because its important! we all know that one day like the movies the world will become super hi-tech with cars fling in the air and people will be traveling in tubes. if you don’t let your kids use tech then like chris said in the video the child will not be afraid of tech in the future when all this new tech will come and one day tech will be in our lives every second one day we all will have robots to helps us and many more things that we will need to get around in our daily lives. My father never got a chance to use tech. his dad always said not to touch this or that because they were afraid that is would brake or something bad would happen. well my dad did not to the same. he wanted me to use all of this new tech and even abuse it sometimes to so that i would know and not be afraid of new things coming out in the future and i think he did the right thing because now I’m a huge geek and i love tech and so do many others in this world and i think there still are people that are afraid of using tech and i think that they have a hard time getting around. my grandmother doesn’t use tech because her father told here that you can;t touch this and that and now she doesn’t want to get a computer or anything to techie for her. my main point is just let your kids use tech. let them use as much as they want. you can show them the limit but don’t strap them down and say no computer for you, because one day we will be so advanced in tech that know one can hide from it.

Yeah, I’m 13. I maintain my computer, I’m responsible, and I update my computer hardware. I built my own computer with my uncle so it is very precious to me.

Very good points.

um… i just tuned 12 (in march) and i started out 3 and my parents had laptops given to them so i learned on them and i have wanted a laptop sence i was 2-3! and now i know more about computers then most people 3 times my age…

Great! Now you can get a job using computers. And youll work in that field for 10 - 15 years, realize you hate, have no other skills ,can;t get another job, and for the rest of your life, you will hate work. Welcome to my world.

what’s a “bout”? Oh, you mean BOAT… Everyone now relies on spell check.

that would be “grammar TOO” not “to” Spell check failed you again.

Hmmm, i can see from your language your public school education is serving you well.

Doesn’t it suck to have to teach your relatives to use a computer properly??

“Um… should I delete the C drive?”

“No, you idiot!!”

“But it’s taking up too much space!”

people three times almost anyone’s age dont know anything about computers

i’m nearly 12, and i know all sorts of programming languages.. like..

HTML
XML
CSS
JavaScript
C
C++

:)

HTML is not programming language

Hey Chris. I am 12 years old. I also am a computer tech geek. When someone has a messed up computer or technical problem with something. People that I know will come to me and I can fix it. I tested my self by taking apart my whole computer and I put it all back together. I am currently developing a internet web browser. It is almost done. I run 4 web sites. Some personal some not. I do web design. I am going to email you about somthing. Thanks Chris :)

I’m 12. I have an brilliant knowledge of computers I.E I built my own,Repaired my own god knows how many times, Repaired laptops,Making a special effects and all the geeky stuff etc expect for the website html c++. That stuff just confuses me.

any1 can learn how to do that.

if you consider me, 17, a kid, i am already a computer science major at MIT

if there was no tech no video games no printing no email no tv etc evething electronic is made from a computer to make it

did u take the heatsink for the cpu off? and put it back on without cleaning it with arti-clean and use as5? or did u take it off and put it back on?

ok well im sorry u aint got a wife

heh I’m 14 and a total nerd.

“I have an brilliant knowledge” … wow… an brilliant… your smart!

XD im 14 not a nerd but atleast i can build my own computer =) and my cousin got a scholarship to MIT look up MIT in wiki. He was in public school

i like ur screensaver

I’m 12 and the same way.

Yeah, I’m young too, and I probably will never be sucessful in web programming.

C++ and Objective-C is possible for me.

I’m 12 and I developer applicaitons XD. Besides a 13 year old kid cracked the iPod Touch…

im 13 and i noe the knoledge about computers from an averge 30 year old geek

Im 14 and i can master many things with a computer and other technology.

im 21 and have been obsessed with computers and technology since i was 11. i couldnt imagine my life without technology.

I was 11 when i first started using a PC, 16 now, and wow, since then I must of clocked up at least a year in total time of using a computer. I built my current one, and I’m learning computing (programming) in A-level in about 3 months. So yeah, all good. As long as the kids learn to respect other people over the internet - resepct seems to be the biggest issue.

I was 1 or 2 when I started using the computer. It was an IBM using MS-DOS. My dad loaded games and I played them ( half were educational games half were not :P) but as time went on I am happy for my dad doing this because I was already surfing the net at age 7 or 8 and now I am near the top of my class with others who have used technology from an early age.

i mean i am pretty good at computers just i mean like i cant imagine a kid that doesnt have a comp in my school

i helped my dad get more business with his computer now that i boot leeged office 07 he made more cards and a website