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Anyone in here have kids that have zero interest in computers? My kids had no interest and as I get ready to start my second round of hanging out with little

by jcims 5y ago

Anyone in here have kids that have zero interest in computers? My kids had no interest and as I get ready to start my second round of hanging out with little ones as my kids have kids, I wonder if I just need to do things differently.

michaelmrose 5y ago
I think people's tastes and interests just run a lot of different ways. Computers in the late 80s and 90s were a LOT more boring than today and I personally found them fascinating despite this. If your kids have no interest in computers it doesn't mean you did a bad job it just means that their interests differ from yours.
luismedel 5y ago
Most of us, I think. I tried to introduce my daughter to programming two years ago (she was 7) using a very simple language I created specifically for the task (a mix between BASIC and Pascal) with no success. And that's not a bad thing. There's a lot of awesome interests out there for our children outside of computers. Also, I think the main issue today is that "modern times" offers a radical range of enterteinment we didn't have in our times. If I was born today instead of 1980 I think I'd stuck with my early child dream: being a cartoonist.
- rawoke083600 5y ago
  >offers a radical range of enterteinment we didn't have in our times. I think this is the answer, while I was growing up and learning PASCAL and BASIC (Thank you dad) it was the only way to have access/play with "a computer". Nowadays there are much more shinier and prettier and lets face it more fun computers in our(theirs) immediate environment that does a lot more than "readline a; print a;"
- fatnoah 5y ago
  My son had zero interest in command lines or programming until he got into Minecraft and Roblox. For the former, best mods are available for Java edition. Through that desire, he at least learned command prompt, basic directory navigation, and java -jar. For the latter, he wants to build a game, so we're learning some LUA together. Going through that process (we're very early in) has been great, since he also has ADHD and doing this work is helping with focus.
holoduke 5y ago
Do not worry. The only task you as a parent have is to give your kids room and opportunities to let them find their own desired profession. As a parent you should never say or hope they LL do the same as you.

by jcims 5y ago

michaelmrose 5y ago

I think people's tastes and interests just run a lot of different ways. Computers in the late 80s and 90s were a LOT more boring than today and I personally found them fascinating despite this. If your kids have no interest in computers it doesn't mean you did a bad job it just means that their interests differ from yours.

luismedel 5y ago

Most of us, I think. I tried to introduce my daughter to programming two years ago (she was 7) using a very simple language I created specifically for the task (a mix between BASIC and Pascal) with no success. And that's not a bad thing. There's a lot of awesome interests out there for our children outside of computers. Also, I think the main issue today is that "modern times" offers a radical range of enterteinment we didn't have in our times. If I was born today instead of 1980 I think I'd stuck with my early child dream: being a cartoonist.

rawoke083600 5y ago
>offers a radical range of enterteinment we didn't have in our times. I think this is the answer, while I was growing up and learning PASCAL and BASIC (Thank you dad) it was the only way to have access/play with "a computer". Nowadays there are much more shinier and prettier and lets face it more fun computers in our(theirs) immediate environment that does a lot more than "readline a; print a;"
fatnoah 5y ago
My son had zero interest in command lines or programming until he got into Minecraft and Roblox. For the former, best mods are available for Java edition. Through that desire, he at least learned command prompt, basic directory navigation, and java -jar. For the latter, he wants to build a game, so we're learning some LUA together. Going through that process (we're very early in) has been great, since he also has ADHD and doing this work is helping with focus.

holoduke 5y ago

Do not worry. The only task you as a parent have is to give your kids room and opportunities to let them find their own desired profession. As a parent you should never say or hope they LL do the same as you.