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I think that even with parents doing their best to keep kids off computers, kids will find a way to stay on computers if it is their passion. Probably about ha
by Crito 13y ago
I think that even with parents doing their best to keep kids off computers, kids will find a way to stay on computers if it is their passion.
Probably about half the time as a 10-16 year old (after 16, my parents stopped caring about what I did or where I went at all) I was banned from computer use for various reasons. That didn't stop me though, I'd go to bed at 10pm, wake up at 2am, then use it until school.
Was four hours of sleep every night good for me? Probably not, but kids can get away with that sort of thing.
(I was also banned from having my own email address, using IRC or any sort of chat program, having my own blog... Basically my parents were deathly afraid that I would talk to any of my peers, even though they were sending me to public school. Most of my computer bans were for violations of these rules. Circumventing enforcement of these various rules was a significant driving factor in my self-education)
- herokusaki 13y agoI find it hard to understand those rules. What country did you grow up in?
- Crito 13y agoRural America. Conservative religious family. As far as that sort of situation goes, my particular situation was not even particularly extreme. At least they did not make an attempt to censor what books I could read.
- Crake 13y agoYour family sounds like mine, except everything in my house was censored, and I didn't get to go to school, either.
- aestra 13y agoNot if you grew up poor like me and didn't actually have access to a computer. I didn't until I was 12 years old. >Was four hours of sleep every night good for me? Probably not, but kids can get away with that sort of thing. No they cannot. Children need sleep, perhaps more than adults. They need sleep for proper development and functioning. They also need more sleep than adults. http://www.webmd.com/parenting/guide/sleep-children http://www.webmd.com/parenting/guide/sleep-children http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-08-12-kidsleep12_ST_N.htm http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-08-12-kid... http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1164/ajrccm.157.4.9704080#.UvjH47TznYY http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1164/ajrccm.157.4.9704... http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8624.1998.tb06149.x/abstract http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8624.1998.... http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/80/5/664.short http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/80/5/664.short