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She's 1 year old. Way to early to push her into a career. She's got more important things to worry about, like learning to walk, speak, and use the toilet.
by normloman 13y ago
She's 1 year old. Way to early to push her into a career. She's got more important things to worry about, like learning to walk, speak, and use the toilet.
- 11001 13y agoExactly. Sometimes HN'ers scare me...
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- diminish 13y agoMy similar recommendation: Buy any toy which will develop her vision, fingers/tactile sense, ears. They all lead to programming eventually. Note that I excluded taste/smell, because they are only required indirectly.
- SingAlong 13y agonormloman: Spot on ~! I was extra-careful and zoomed the page to make sure I was clicking the upvote arrow on your comment.
- swombat 13y ago"Push her into a career"?? Who said anything about that? I'm just trying to counter the natural tendency the world will have to push her away from that career through millions of little cues like toy selection, teacher and peer attitudes, etc.
- dismiss21x 13y agoYou insinuated that by wanting to buy her a toy "that may lead to programming". Just buy her toys that make her think and encourage her to do what she is good at.
- Peroni 13y agoI promise you, there's nothing you can purchase a child at that age to help counter that problem. Not even fractionally.