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We do the same here, but there is no proprietary software, only FOSS. The 3 year old knows how to start his own netbook which has ArchLinux with KDE on it, and

by antocv 8y ago

We do the same here, but there is no proprietary software, only FOSS. The 3 year old knows how to start his own netbook which has ArchLinux with KDE on it, and he knows how to start the potato-guy game. And he learned to use the touchpad, which is nice. Thats all he does computing wise, the smartphone is not trustworthy (despite being LineageOS with no google on it, the Android interface is just too convulsed) to be exposed to toddler yet. The TV is used to watch educational shows like songs of letters and numbers, through kodi, the TV cant even tune in to normal TV channels, only content I placed on Kodi for him to find if he ever learns to use its remote. So far this 3 year old speaks like a 5 year old, understands 3 languages, and can read 3-4 letter words, has friends and creative mind when drawing stuff.

JeanMarcS 8y ago
My son was very proud of himself the day he showed me how the remote worked. Before that, the kids could only see tv if they asked my wife or me. And they only got kodi. On my side, I was also very proud, because he was almost seven when it happened ! We managed to « force » them using their toys or play outside instead of spending worthless time in front of a screen. I like to think (hope ?) it’s the right thing to do.
- mrhappyunhappy 8y ago
  Man, I wish someone would tell my 1 year old that TV remote is off limits. He knows exactly what it does. Grabs it and starts pressing buttons to turn on TV. Of course he can’t navigate to Netflix unless he hits that button but he tries them all.
  - JeanMarcS 8y ago
    To be honest and for context : 1) I’m French so maybe we don’t have TV on all the times (not saying that it’s true in the US, but it’s the impression I have from here. I might also be totally wrong. And in France a lot of people have TV on most of the time. But my wife and I don’t) 2) our kids (they’re twins) saw their first cartoon around 2,5 yo. They didn’t seen a TV on before that. And of course it fascinated them as any screen can do. It was Cars and I show them in 4 parts on 4 consecutive days. 3) Our TV is plugged on a RPI with kodi and you couldn’t use it with the TV remote (only with our smartphones) until they were 5 (and I bought a TV compatible with Anynet), so even if they managed to start the tv, they couldn’t go further. Maybe they did, maybe not, but they never told us if they did :)
albertgoeswoof 8y ago
> So far this 3 year old speaks like a 5 year old, understands 3 languages, and can read 3-4 letter words, has friends and creative mind when drawing stuff. Pretty much every parent says something like this about their child
- ballenf 8y ago
  That's a pretty condescending cliché, in my opinion and experience. Personally, I've never heard a parent say anything like that about their kid and my own kids were nowhere near that advanced at that age. Every (15-20 at the last kids birthday party I attended) parent I know give pretty realistic accounts of their child's development and are pretty humble about their own deficiencies or challenges as parents.
PieUser 8y ago
Yikes I'd hate to be your kid
- amanaplanacanal 8y ago
  I'd hate to be a 3 year old again too :-)
SlowRobotAhead 8y ago
>We do the same here, but there is no proprietary software, only FOSS. Are you also vegan? ;)
- xvector 8y ago
  One of these actually has a justification!
spookthesunset 8y ago
> We do the same here, but there is no proprietary software, only FOSS. You have to be shitting me. This sounds like a nerd version of the classic hyper-religious parents. Are you gonna also make sure they can recite the GNU manifesto by heart? Man oh man. Seriously. What are you doing to your kids
- airstrike 8y ago
  "Yes, you can have your own computer, but only if you build your own distro"
  - Theodores 8y ago
    Well, in my day you had to solder your own computer. A ZX81 no less. If you wanted to play a game then you had to type it in hexcode and debug it first. Plus you were only allowed a mono TV that used valves so that it would die of thermal runaway after two hours. I actually wish I was joking.

by antocv 8y ago

JeanMarcS 8y ago

My son was very proud of himself the day he showed me how the remote worked. Before that, the kids could only see tv if they asked my wife or me. And they only got kodi. On my side, I was also very proud, because he was almost seven when it happened ! We managed to « force » them using their toys or play outside instead of spending worthless time in front of a screen. I like to think (hope ?) it’s the right thing to do.

mrhappyunhappy 8y ago
Man, I wish someone would tell my 1 year old that TV remote is off limits. He knows exactly what it does. Grabs it and starts pressing buttons to turn on TV. Of course he can’t navigate to Netflix unless he hits that button but he tries them all.
- JeanMarcS 8y ago
  To be honest and for context : 1) I’m French so maybe we don’t have TV on all the times (not saying that it’s true in the US, but it’s the impression I have from here. I might also be totally wrong. And in France a lot of people have TV on most of the time. But my wife and I don’t) 2) our kids (they’re twins) saw their first cartoon around 2,5 yo. They didn’t seen a TV on before that. And of course it fascinated them as any screen can do. It was Cars and I show them in 4 parts on 4 consecutive days. 3) Our TV is plugged on a RPI with kodi and you couldn’t use it with the TV remote (only with our smartphones) until they were 5 (and I bought a TV compatible with Anynet), so even if they managed to start the tv, they couldn’t go further. Maybe they did, maybe not, but they never told us if they did :)

albertgoeswoof 8y ago

> So far this 3 year old speaks like a 5 year old, understands 3 languages, and can read 3-4 letter words, has friends and creative mind when drawing stuff. Pretty much every parent says something like this about their child

ballenf 8y ago
That's a pretty condescending cliché, in my opinion and experience. Personally, I've never heard a parent say anything like that about their kid and my own kids were nowhere near that advanced at that age. Every (15-20 at the last kids birthday party I attended) parent I know give pretty realistic accounts of their child's development and are pretty humble about their own deficiencies or challenges as parents.

PieUser 8y ago

Yikes I'd hate to be your kid

amanaplanacanal 8y ago
I'd hate to be a 3 year old again too :-)

SlowRobotAhead 8y ago

>We do the same here, but there is no proprietary software, only FOSS. Are you also vegan? ;)

xvector 8y ago
One of these actually has a justification!

spookthesunset 8y ago

> We do the same here, but there is no proprietary software, only FOSS. You have to be shitting me. This sounds like a nerd version of the classic hyper-religious parents. Are you gonna also make sure they can recite the GNU manifesto by heart? Man oh man. Seriously. What are you doing to your kids

airstrike 8y ago
"Yes, you can have your own computer, but only if you build your own distro"
- Theodores 8y ago
  Well, in my day you had to solder your own computer. A ZX81 no less. If you wanted to play a game then you had to type it in hexcode and debug it first. Plus you were only allowed a mono TV that used valves so that it would die of thermal runaway after two hours. I actually wish I was joking.