Do you think its good to raise a child surrounded by technology?

[o0odellero0o]

kid nowaday....

[Art Vandelay]

I think you should raise you child without technology, so that he can be completely useless when he gets to the real world and needs to use a computer.

[brownninja97]

Its ok but dont go too far, the worst thing would be them getting spoil. Make them wait or make them earn something. Dont be afraid to take it away if they be a ****. As a 16 year old this placed a value to many things, if they want to buy say a steam game make them wait and only buy it when they achieve some sort of goal. 

[MdX MaxX]

In a world entirely dominated by the Internet and electronic devices, trying to minimize your child's exposure to technology would be absolutely foolish.

 

If I ever have kids, they're gonna build their first PC when they're like 8 years old.

 

But at the same time, kids still have to go outside and run around, or sit and play a board game with the family, or whatever.

 

It's important that kids are in tune with all the tech that surrounds them, but at the same time that can't take them away from some of the other most valuable aspects of life.

 

That's just my opinion anyway.

[Art Vandelay]

Its ok but dont go too far, the worst thing would be them getting spoil. Make them wait or make them earn something. Dont be afraid to take it away if they be a ****. As a 16 year old this placed a value to many things, if they want to buy say a steam game make them wait and only buy it when they achieve some sort of goal. 

That system of parenting doesn't actually work. It just makes your kids think you're a dick

[brownninja97]

That system of parenting doesn't actually work. It just makes your kids think you're a dick

My parents are Asian(if it fuck up they will be the living shit out of me) anyways i thank them because they might be dicks at times but they have made be a much better person(not on the internet MWHAHA) as i think about my actions and words a lot more then i would have done. I value things like money and the price of everything a lot.  This was quite noticeable because when I hacked my psp and installed all sorts of crap on it i didnt play the games much and i lost interest much quicker eve when i had Madagascar as my first psp game i valued that way more. Its hard to explain but they did their shit right. In the end it doesnt matter if your kids think you are a dick, you have to dick them though thick and thin and if they have done it right then that child will be much happier when they are older. I remember when i was 7 i stole a hot wheels car from Tesco. My dad found out, he could have beat me but no, he took all my cars away for a year(damn badass). It teaches you right from wrong and it may not work for all kids but it hella worked for me and my brother.

[Art Vandelay]

My parents are Asian(if it fuck up they will be the living shit out of me) anyways i thank them because they might be dicks at times but they have made be a much better person(not on the internet MWHAHA) as i think about my actions and words a lot more then i would have done. I value things like money and the price of everything a lot.  This was quite noticeable because when I hacked my psp and installed all sorts of crap on it i didnt play the games much and i lost interest much quicker eve when i had Madagascar as my first psp game i valued that way more. Its hard to explain but they did their shit right. In the end it doesnt matter if your kids think you are a dick, you have to dick them though thick and thin and if they have done it right then that child will be much happier when they are older. I remember when i was 7 i stole a hot wheels car from Tesco. My dad found out, he could have beat me but no, he took all my cars away for a year(damn badass). It teaches you right from wrong and it may not work for all kids but it hella worked for me and my brother.

Really? That just taught me how to evade punishment. Probably not the best lesson, but it is a good lesson to know.

[Glenwing]

Technology can brainwash people just as reading a book can. Electronics' benefits greatly outweigh their negative aspects, life would be ridiculously less ideal without them.

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[Anult]

I think a mixture is good.

 

Make your kids learn that while technology is good, don't be too dependent on it.

 

Take your kids outside but also let them learn about computers indoors as well.

 

Too many parents are lazy and want technology to raise their children for them, I hate that.

[arodrake]

When I was little, I was surrounded by technology. My dad, who is really into technology and building computers, essentially gave us a computer at a very young age and we taught ourselves a lot of stuff from the internet.
However, I feel that since we were really into technology, as a family we didn't really do a lot of things together such as go camping or even learning to ride a bike, which I kinda wished we did.
I self-taught myself a lot of things and as a result never really socialized with people when I was very young. 

If I do have kids of my own, I would try to give them a good balance life; do things as a family - away from technology.
However, i'm not scared of making my kids tech savvy. Technology is good and in the future, we will probably depend on technology even more.

[Rhotis]

The only real downfall to technology I see is the loss of privacy.  Todays young people are going to have an eye opener in 5 years when they go to get their first "real" job and all the moronic things they have done in their life is readily accessible on the internet for their potential bosses to see and thats just the stuff people willingly put out there but are too young to understand the consequences.  The more ominous areas of privacy are going to come down the road.  Things like the Xbox One with Kinect are just the tip of the iceberg of what is going to come down the pipeline in terms of privacy issues.  

 

The only other issue is health.  People are too sedimentary today.  When I was a kid we had the atari and later as a teenager the nintendo but technology was not so much a part of our lives that we spent most of our days inside with technology.  We were outside playing and socializing in person *gasp*.  I think if the trend continues in the way we use technology its going to have some really big adverse effects on the health of those coming up in it.  

[Minjon]

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[Scia]

Yes, since everything is getting more advanced and foucsed on tech.

 

If you raise your children without a TV / PC and so on they can get problems with developement of speech, behavior in social situations and so on.

[Rhotis]

Yes, since everything is getting more advanced and foucsed on tech.

 

If you raise your children without a TV / PC and so on they can get problems with developement of speech, behavior in social situations and so on.

 

 

Perhaps if you isolate them away from people but a child with no TV or PC that socializes in person with others and reads books will be far more advanced socially than someone that sits in their living room tweeting all day.  

[Nayjames123]

IT techs can get pretty high salaries, as well as if you need one they can charge alot. Being Good with Tech from an early age will give you a great advantage as the world becomes more technical

[AwesomeTimeTraveler]

Surrounded with, sure, but obsessed and engrossed with, most definitely not. There has to be a limit.

[Nort]

Technology has a lot of benefits. The only problem I see is that people think being on the internet gives you a license to spell like a 3 year old who's had too much to drink.

[Kevin0k]

For a kid it's all about balance. As long as the kid gets enough socialisation, exercise, plays sports, reads books etc then technology and gaming will be an overwhelmingly positive influence to go along with all these things. Learning programming is also great for kids in terms of training logic and problem solving. The one thing I will say about kids though is that often lack the ability to balance their lives on their own. So a kid who gets into a hobby like reading books or gaming may exhibit obssesiveness indulging in those activities sometimes sacrificing time that should be spent elsewhere. This is where parenting guidance is so important to moderate everything.

This is exactly what i was going to say, moderation is the key, i want my kids to be good with computers but also be able to go outside and use their imagination. They definately cant moderate themselves so parents must guide them but i also want my kids to be free to make their own decisions rather than forcing a particular lifestyle on them (e.g. Religion). Don't now why i'm worrying about this now i'm only 18 lol.

[Beskamir]

You just have to monitor your children when it comes to safe use of the internet and PC games. Even when they are a teenager, PC gaming can have an adverse effect in schooling and the internet, there porn and sex easily accessible on the internet. Setting up the wireless router in the parent bedroom so you can turn it off at night, is a good idea. If your using the router at night, you can setup another wireless key for night time use, so your children don't have access after hours. (just remember when you were a teenager, how you got around things your parents set up lol, also POS means "parent over shoulder" in the teen world)

i would set up the router so that i could see what websites were visited and then block the bad websites.... it would creep them out so much:D of course i currently don't know much about internet related technology since i simply don't care about it yet.

[FireFox]

I personally think it is a good think but regardless whether it's a good thing or not, it's going to happen lol

 

I have known of a few people who was against raising children with technology but raising them in a house that smokes is OK according to them, I wonder what is doing them harm.

[Kougar]

I don't think there's anything wrong with being surrounded by technology, just like any other tool the problem lies with how it's being used. Sheltering a kid from technology will likely mean they haven't developed good habits using that technology, so the moment they move out or off to college and are dumped into the technological "real world", they will probably become quickly addicted and develop the bad habits the parents were worried about to begin with. 

 

I'd just say introduce the child to technology and how to best use it, but also set some limits and rules on its use and monitor them to ensure they are meeting them. Don't let a child spend all their free time in front of the TV, or using a cellphone during every waking minute (and especially nonwaking minutes), or game without limits or rules on a PC or console. But trying to block technology outright is probably just going to backfire, as all their friends will likely have it and let them use it, and even if not then their college buddies certainly will. Build a good foundation for responsible use and odds are the child will retain most of them throughout their life. There's positive benefits too, the children usually end up far more tech savvy than the parents and will have better career opportunities for it too.

 

I've heard of plenty of culture shock stories where Amish kids eagerly move out into the real world once they reach adulthood, but are immediately overhwelmed to the extreme so badly that even though they want to adjust to modern society they simply can't and have to go back to their Amish community instead.

[BgG286]

your and alot of parents do give technology to there kids just to keep them quite when i have kids i would like to sit with them and show them the ins and outs and how to build there own website(which can be pretty rewarding when your done) i dont agree with just buying the the tech and handing it to them they should have to buy it themselves to learn the concept of money and ownership from a young age

THIS! My dad had me working with him doing handyman type things since I was about 7 or 8. I understand what it's like to have to work for your money, something most of the upper-middle-class kids I go to high school with clearly don't understand. Every time I bought something with my own money it always felt much better than just having my parents do it because I felt rewarded. Parents, future parents, make your kids learn what the value of currency really is, make them work for it. 

[Bicko96]

THIS! My dad had me working with him doing handyman type things since I was about 7 or 8. I understand what it's like to have to work for your money, something most of the upper-middle-class kids I go to high school with clearly don't understand. Every time I bought something with my own money it always felt much better than just having my parents do it because I felt rewarded. Parents, future parents, make your kids learn what the value of currency really is, make them work for it. 

exactly this another thing i forgot to mention, as you said when you work so hard for so long to get the money up to buy what you want and then you go buy it, you feel so good and it seems much better