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And how to do that ?

by procrastinazy 9y ago

racl101 9y ago
By seeing all the fat stacks that mommy or daddy is bringing home?
- Applejinx 9y ago
  Ew, on several orthogonal levels.
  - pbhjpbhj 9y ago
    Could you expand on your reaction a bit? Seems like encouraging children to follow an interest that could lead them to wealth through work isn't a bad thing?
    - uoaei 9y ago
      You're encouraging a money-grubbing attitude, which is not really a healthy one to have for long-term happiness. Furthermore, if they only see it as a path to money and not an end in itself to construct great, helpful, beautiful programs, they're gonna burn out real quick. Also, "having money" as a goal is just somehow repulsive. Seemingly all the sleazeballs of the world are oriented like this, and as a result they tend to be very shady and use people as means to getting money rather than actually people, with whom meaningful relationships can be forged.
sosborn 9y ago
You have to let kids latch on to things they are interested in. The best way to do this is to expose them to as many experiences as possible. It is very likely that your kids will not latch on to the same things you did. As a parent, the best thing you can do is to let that go and focus on what your kid actually wants.
deepnotderp 9y ago
Find out what they enjoy and are good at. As cheesy as it sounds, cultivation of self interest is the best way, forcing only works for a decade or two.
Cozumel 9y ago
>And how to do that ? Just get excited and show enthusiasm, if you're genuinely excited about it, then it's contagious and kids pick up on that.
parzivalm 9y ago
If a kid is really interested in learning about computers and programming they will do it. One thing that can end badly is if you try to force the subject on them. It will become like a class at school then. I would leave them alone, let them see what you do maybe, show them minecraft. But don't expect them to magically take to it. When I was a kid I gained my interest in computers from seeing my Grandfather building a computer, my sister was there when he was building it. Yet I kept to it and she pursued other endeavors.

And how to do that ?

racl101 9y ago

By seeing all the fat stacks that mommy or daddy is bringing home?

Applejinx 9y ago
Ew, on several orthogonal levels.
- pbhjpbhj 9y ago
  Could you expand on your reaction a bit? Seems like encouraging children to follow an interest that could lead them to wealth through work isn't a bad thing?
  - uoaei 9y ago
    You're encouraging a money-grubbing attitude, which is not really a healthy one to have for long-term happiness. Furthermore, if they only see it as a path to money and not an end in itself to construct great, helpful, beautiful programs, they're gonna burn out real quick. Also, "having money" as a goal is just somehow repulsive. Seemingly all the sleazeballs of the world are oriented like this, and as a result they tend to be very shady and use people as means to getting money rather than actually people, with whom meaningful relationships can be forged.

sosborn 9y ago

You have to let kids latch on to things they are interested in. The best way to do this is to expose them to as many experiences as possible. It is very likely that your kids will not latch on to the same things you did. As a parent, the best thing you can do is to let that go and focus on what your kid actually wants.

deepnotderp 9y ago

Find out what they enjoy and are good at. As cheesy as it sounds, cultivation of self interest is the best way, forcing only works for a decade or two.

Cozumel 9y ago

>And how to do that ? Just get excited and show enthusiasm, if you're genuinely excited about it, then it's contagious and kids pick up on that.

parzivalm 9y ago

If a kid is really interested in learning about computers and programming they will do it. One thing that can end badly is if you try to force the subject on them. It will become like a class at school then. I would leave them alone, let them see what you do maybe, show them minecraft. But don't expect them to magically take to it. When I was a kid I gained my interest in computers from seeing my Grandfather building a computer, my sister was there when he was building it. Yet I kept to it and she pursued other endeavors.