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I'm eternally disappointed that the highest quality products are usually produced for adults, it seems perverse, surely handing the most sophisticated tools to

by tudorw 9y ago

I'm eternally disappointed that the highest quality products are usually produced for adults, it seems perverse, surely handing the most sophisticated tools to the youngest would be more productive ?

teekert 9y ago
You think these watches are made because the children like them?
- tudorw 9y ago
  No, it's a general comment that I expect higher standards in general, I cannot comprehend when a product that is made for children has lower standards than an adult product, even at the same price point it's sometimes apparent that the 'for children' product is just an excuse to ship something shoddy to someone who is not in a position to complain.
tlb 9y ago
The adult product usually is the right one for kids. Most 'for kids' products aren't actually easier to use, and suck to administer (which falls on the parents.) The problem is, if you send your kid to school with the latest iPhone, it gets jealous reactions from other kids. Also, an expensive phone creates cognitive dissonance WRT allowances. My youngest gets $1.50/wk, which she budgets carefully to buy craft supplies. If I also get her a new $800 phone, the numbers seem out of whack. I can't give her a comparable number for allowance, because our house would overflow and she wouldn't learn to budget. So we give her our old ones when we upgrade. It's a shame, because (as you say) younger people probably get more benefit from better tech.
- dTal 9y ago
  "Better" isn't always "more expensive" or even "more performance". The best computer anyone ever gave me as a kid was a TI-83+ - it did far more to stimulate my interest in computers and mathematics than an iPhone ever could have. It's true what you say about "for kids" products, but really an iPhone is a "for kids" product. It's a computer with a dumbed-down interface, limited functionality, and a walled garden of "apps" - like those old Leapfrog laptops. If you want to give them sophisticated tools, give them sophisticated tools.

by tudorw 9y ago

I'm eternally disappointed that the highest quality products are usually produced for adults, it seems perverse, surely handing the most sophisticated tools to the youngest would be more productive ?

teekert 9y ago

You think these watches are made because the children like them?

tudorw 9y ago
No, it's a general comment that I expect higher standards in general, I cannot comprehend when a product that is made for children has lower standards than an adult product, even at the same price point it's sometimes apparent that the 'for children' product is just an excuse to ship something shoddy to someone who is not in a position to complain.

tlb 9y ago

The adult product usually is the right one for kids. Most 'for kids' products aren't actually easier to use, and suck to administer (which falls on the parents.) The problem is, if you send your kid to school with the latest iPhone, it gets jealous reactions from other kids. Also, an expensive phone creates cognitive dissonance WRT allowances. My youngest gets $1.50/wk, which she budgets carefully to buy craft supplies. If I also get her a new $800 phone, the numbers seem out of whack. I can't give her a comparable number for allowance, because our house would overflow and she wouldn't learn to budget. So we give her our old ones when we upgrade. It's a shame, because (as you say) younger people probably get more benefit from better tech.

dTal 9y ago
"Better" isn't always "more expensive" or even "more performance". The best computer anyone ever gave me as a kid was a TI-83+ - it did far more to stimulate my interest in computers and mathematics than an iPhone ever could have. It's true what you say about "for kids" products, but really an iPhone is a "for kids" product. It's a computer with a dumbed-down interface, limited functionality, and a walled garden of "apps" - like those old Leapfrog laptops. If you want to give them sophisticated tools, give them sophisticated tools.