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I've got to agree with this. I've got three children aged 2, 8 and 11 and there's nothing worse than a cult following of stampy longnose to shake off. The big
by batou 11y ago
I've got to agree with this. I've got three children aged 2, 8 and 11 and there's nothing worse than a cult following of stampy longnose to shake off.
The big problem I find is that the education system, at least here in the UK, is very focussed on pushing technology on children who are very young as a solution for everything. Everything else suffers for this.
- matthewmacleod 11y agoYou agree, in that you think the UK should ban parents from allowing kids under 2 from using these devices? I totally agree that it's wise to manage kids' access to these devices, but legislation is an aggressively poor approach.
- spacemanmatt 11y agoGiven what I have seen, I think 2 is too young to start them on screens.
- mrweasel 11y agoThere's a similar issue here in Denmark, it seems that every problem can be fixed by giving schools iPads. One school that bought 700 iPads for their students now reported that: "Yeah, their sort of useless, and laptops would have been better". That's weird to me, you buy 700 iPads, only to find out that most of the software the kids need doesn't work on an iPad, and that their aren't great for productivity. Why where schools so instant on iPads/tables to begin with? It seems that we're pushing technology into class rooms, without any plan.
- tim333 11y agoI had to google what stampy was. For those interested: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/10980512/Stampylongnose-the-Youtube-star-youve-never-heard-of.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/10980512/Stampylon... (seems to be a minecraft character controlled by a 23 year old from Portsmouth who sounds a bit like a kids TV presenter)