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It's worth remembering that Steve Jobs, like many other tech titans, limited their own children's exposure to the tech they built. >When the Apple founder call

It's worth remembering that Steve Jobs, like many other tech titans, limited their own children's exposure to the tech they built. >When the Apple founder called [NY Times reporter] Bilton to complain about a story shortly after the iPad's launch, Bilton asked how his kids were enjoying the wildly popular new product. "They haven't used it," Jobs responded. "We limit how much technology our kids use at home." https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/why-steve-jobs-bill-gates-both-severely-limited-their-kids-tech-use.html https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/why-steve-jobs-bill-gat... The same was true with Bill Gates and Sundar Pichai, among others.

enraged_camel 6y ago
Yeah but that’s because Jobs was famously a minimalist and limited his own attachment to worldly possessions. (His biography goes into it in detail.)
- nojito 6y ago
  Not really due to minimalism. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/05/how-bill-gates-mark-cuban-and-others-limit-their-kids-tech-use.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/05/how-bill-gates-mark-cuban-an...
pvorb 6y ago
Basically every parent quickly realizes that not setting limits is bad for their children. At least the more educated ones do.
- aspaceman 6y ago
  The act of setting limits is incredibly important to a child's development, even more so than what the limits ultimately are.
gumby 6y ago
> It's worth remembering that Steve Jobs, like many other tech titans, limited their own children's exposure to the tech they built. You don’t have to be a tech “titan”. When I was on a school board (in Silicon Valley), there was a big push to have kids be trained in “technology”. Inevitably (in that era) that meant things like PowerPoint and Word. The only people who pushed back? A programmer, a tech startup CEO, and an engineering VP from what is now called FAANG. But we were overridden by the other board members. I still believe the kids (including my own) learned more by playing outside and writing with pens.
madeofpalk 6y ago
Why is it worth noting that "parents parented their kids"?

enraged_camel 6y ago

Yeah but that’s because Jobs was famously a minimalist and limited his own attachment to worldly possessions. (His biography goes into it in detail.)

nojito 6y ago
Not really due to minimalism. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/05/how-bill-gates-mark-cuban-and-others-limit-their-kids-tech-use.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/05/how-bill-gates-mark-cuban-an...

pvorb 6y ago

Basically every parent quickly realizes that not setting limits is bad for their children. At least the more educated ones do.

aspaceman 6y ago
The act of setting limits is incredibly important to a child's development, even more so than what the limits ultimately are.

gumby 6y ago

> It's worth remembering that Steve Jobs, like many other tech titans, limited their own children's exposure to the tech they built. You don’t have to be a tech “titan”. When I was on a school board (in Silicon Valley), there was a big push to have kids be trained in “technology”. Inevitably (in that era) that meant things like PowerPoint and Word. The only people who pushed back? A programmer, a tech startup CEO, and an engineering VP from what is now called FAANG. But we were overridden by the other board members. I still believe the kids (including my own) learned more by playing outside and writing with pens.

madeofpalk 6y ago

Why is it worth noting that "parents parented their kids"?