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You make a good point but as I thought on it for a while I came up with this question: Do kids want to be the same kind of adults as their parents? In other wo
by TomOfTTB 16y ago
You make a good point but as I thought on it for a while I came up with this question: Do kids want to be the same kind of adults as their parents?
In other word, I can see your point that kids want to be more grown up. But kids do tend to rebel too. So if both of those are true the only explanation I can come up with is that kids want to be better adults. They want to one-up their parents by doing things better than they do.
Which I think is consistent with my theory in that they'd be drawn to a new Social Network and abandon Facebook to prove that they found a new social network that is way better than Facebook
(Also keep in mind Facebook started as a youth movement among College students. That doesn't necessarily apply to 11 years old but it's worth a mention)
- flomo 16y agoProbably worth more than a mention. What if there was a new social network exclusive to college students (i.e. no parents or future bosses or people from high school)? It might not supplant facebook, but it is a model that has been proven to work.
- Hovertruck 16y agoAnother thing to consider is that kids enjoy rebelling, but they also want to have things. Every kid wants a cell phone no matter if their parents have them or not.
- xcombinator 16y ago"You make a good point but as I thought on it for a while I came up with this question: Do kids want to be the same kind of adults as their parents?" My opinion is yes: They want cars and motorcycles, and houses, and be respected, find friends, find love. The tools they use are just that, means for getting a goal. I have been teacher too,in general I love kids, and I think is not kids wanting to change, is adults "hating change", halting grow when they get in their comfort zones once grown up.