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Maybe we should let kids be kids and do kids stuff instead?
by gregoriol 7y ago
Maybe we should let kids be kids and do kids stuff instead?
- sideshowb 7y agowhat by ignoring their questions? the difference between engaging with their curiosity and forcing stuff on them is... not at all nuanced, really.
- gregoriol 7y agoThe question of the kid was legit, but the "a free theorem is when you can say something that is always true about a function machine if you only know its type, but you don’t know anything about what it does on the inside" is likely not what he asked for.
- sideshowb 7y agoFair, tbh it may not have been needed, but I also struggle with letting go the original question asked even though the child may have moved on! Still, this example is hardly robbing anyone of their childhood.
- OJFord 7y agoThe author acknowledged that was a bit much and pivoted it to a game that his son loves, who put you in charge of taking that away from him? > This seemed a bit beyond him [...] But the whole conversation had given me a different idea. "Hey, I have a good idea for a game," I said. [...] He immediately liked this game and it has been a huge hit; he wants to play it all the time. It's probably made even better by being 'the game that daddy reads about/does at work'.
- DonHopkins 7y agoKids stuff like staying up all night playing Factorio!
- detaro 7y agoPlaying games with them they seem to enjoy isn't kids stuff?
- dusted 7y agoThis is the very definition of kids stuff. Kids stuff = stuff kids find interesting and stimulating.
- mcherm 7y agoThat IS "kid stuff". Playing around with ideas (as well as with physical objects) is exactly what kids do. And it's fun!
- jonnypotty 7y agoKill the Heritic!