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While there is certainly a point to learning to deal with unwelcoming environment, you may be asking too much of kids (note that all the kids that can speak and

While there is certainly a point to learning to deal with unwelcoming environment, you may be asking too much of kids (note that all the kids that can speak and understand language, including those from ages 2 to very sensitive teenage years, can be the butt of these jokes). I also imagine that these kids do not have the experience of Alexa products because that would be very confusing at home, so they don't have the proper knowledge to come up with such "smart" jokes like you propose, esp at an early age. And to top it off, that would only work in a regular setting where kids return to regularly (school, friends, family). In a playground where the kid is a new one, jokes will always restart.

polotics 5y ago
The point about learning to deal with unwelcoming environments is also that, after more than 30 years, the fighting spirit and a certain degree of agressive stance is still in me. The main skill is to avoid accidents: don't kick the head!
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- asteroidbelt 5y ago
  As one great man said: you need to have the capacity for danger, but you need to learn how to not use it except when it's necessary.
asteroidbelt 5y ago
If a child was "bullied" with Alexa once, it's a part of growing up: what doesn't kill us, makes us stronger. And after that case a good parent can explain a child what Alexa is and role-play that scenario to make a child prepared to deal with it in the future. Children grow up by getting into troubles and learning to deal with them. For that reason, for example, unsafe playgrounds are beneficial for children (google it).
- rhn_mk1 5y ago
  > For that reason, for example, unsafe playgrounds are beneficial for children (google it). Why won't you google it for the shared benefit of all of us? It's an interesting topic, after all.
  - asteroidbelt 5y ago
    There were many article in the media around 2012, I think this article https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3499858/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3499858/ started the discussion. It is short and not a study, but it has statements with links, like this: > Eager and Little describe a risk deprived child as more prone to problems such as obesity, mental health concerns, lack of independence, and a decrease in learning, perception and judgment skills, created when risk is removed from play and restrictions are too high.
    - watwut 5y ago
      The risk there is skinned knee or mild fall. Not being bullying target. None of those structures is actually danherous in meaningfull sense.
      - asteroidbelt 5y ago
        > Not being bullying target. Being bullied once is perfectly safe. It happens to virtually everyone many times during they grow up. > None of those structures is actually danherous in meaningfull sense. A child can fall and break a leg, but otherwise it is safe in meaningful sense.
- necovek 5y ago
  Good luck teaching a 3-5 year old that when they keep receiving jokes from kids/adults they've just met. This is not a regular bullying situation where the bully really means harm: those giving jokes out are probably just finding it funny that the kid is named like their smart assistant (when it is the other way around, actually). But for kids on the receiving end, it gets old really fast. Kids would learn to deal with it themselves, sure: by not introducing themselves to new people, or by not wanting to go to places where there are people you need to introduce yourself to.

polotics 5y ago

The point about learning to deal with unwelcoming environments is also that, after more than 30 years, the fighting spirit and a certain degree of agressive stance is still in me. The main skill is to avoid accidents: don't kick the head!

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asteroidbelt 5y ago
As one great man said: you need to have the capacity for danger, but you need to learn how to not use it except when it's necessary.

asteroidbelt 5y ago

If a child was "bullied" with Alexa once, it's a part of growing up: what doesn't kill us, makes us stronger. And after that case a good parent can explain a child what Alexa is and role-play that scenario to make a child prepared to deal with it in the future. Children grow up by getting into troubles and learning to deal with them. For that reason, for example, unsafe playgrounds are beneficial for children (google it).

rhn_mk1 5y ago
> For that reason, for example, unsafe playgrounds are beneficial for children (google it). Why won't you google it for the shared benefit of all of us? It's an interesting topic, after all.
- asteroidbelt 5y ago
  There were many article in the media around 2012, I think this article https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3499858/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3499858/ started the discussion. It is short and not a study, but it has statements with links, like this: > Eager and Little describe a risk deprived child as more prone to problems such as obesity, mental health concerns, lack of independence, and a decrease in learning, perception and judgment skills, created when risk is removed from play and restrictions are too high.
  - watwut 5y ago
    The risk there is skinned knee or mild fall. Not being bullying target. None of those structures is actually danherous in meaningfull sense.
    - asteroidbelt 5y ago
      > Not being bullying target. Being bullied once is perfectly safe. It happens to virtually everyone many times during they grow up. > None of those structures is actually danherous in meaningfull sense. A child can fall and break a leg, but otherwise it is safe in meaningful sense.
necovek 5y ago
Good luck teaching a 3-5 year old that when they keep receiving jokes from kids/adults they've just met. This is not a regular bullying situation where the bully really means harm: those giving jokes out are probably just finding it funny that the kid is named like their smart assistant (when it is the other way around, actually). But for kids on the receiving end, it gets old really fast. Kids would learn to deal with it themselves, sure: by not introducing themselves to new people, or by not wanting to go to places where there are people you need to introduce yourself to.