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I agree and I don't agree. My 5 year old, while at a basic level, starting playing pieces of "In the Hall of the Mountain King" on our keyboard, unprovoked. I

by ronnier 11y ago

I agree and I don't agree. My 5 year old, while at a basic level, starting playing pieces of "In the Hall of the Mountain King" on our keyboard, unprovoked. I asked where she learned this song and she said the iPad. She plays a piano DDR type of game on the iPad and this is one of the songs. I thought that was kind of neat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRpzxKsSEZg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRpzxKsSEZg

unicornporn 11y ago
My first reaction is also: that is cool. When I think about it I come up with this: a human could also easily have taught her that. Learning things by yourself isn't always a bad thing of course. But, by using the iPad way she missed out on social interaction.
- mirchibajji 11y ago
  As a parent, and an introvert, I'm not convinced that kids (or anyone, for that matter) absolutely need social interaction all the time. If a parent/adult were to teach the kids all the time, in some ways, they're interfering with the child learning to learn. Surely there is a middle ground between tablet parenting and helicopter parenting.
  - spacemanmatt 11y ago
    As a parent (11 years now) and an introvert, I'm convinced that early development depends on lots of direct involvement, and screen time is detrimental.
- colechristensen 11y ago
  Self-directed learning at a young age – the ability to explore and discover – is a top level skill for succeeding in the world they'll grow up in. Tablets and the like make this a lot easier than ever before for certain things. Overspending time looking at a screen is real easy though.
  - unicornporn 11y ago
    I'd be happy to see kids actually explore and discover not only their games, but also the machines that the game runs on. That's mainly why oppose giving tablets and phones to kids. This is very relevant: http://www.coding2learn.org/blog/2013/07/29/kids-cant-use-computers/ http://www.coding2learn.org/blog/2013/07/29/kids-cant-use-co...
  - spacemanmatt 11y ago
    In my experience, tablets over-simplify that process to the point of promoting atrophy. Kids need challenges, not crutches.
bigiain 11y ago
I initially misread that, and assumed your almost-infinitely-cool 5 year old was playing this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQvcJ7d93Zs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQvcJ7d93Zs
davvolun 11y ago
I don't know what I was thinking, but I read 'In the Court of the Crimson King' and thought that was probably both really cool and maybe not the best thing ever. As it is, I think it's just the former. :)

by ronnier 11y ago

unicornporn 11y ago

My first reaction is also: that is cool. When I think about it I come up with this: a human could also easily have taught her that. Learning things by yourself isn't always a bad thing of course. But, by using the iPad way she missed out on social interaction.

mirchibajji 11y ago
As a parent, and an introvert, I'm not convinced that kids (or anyone, for that matter) absolutely need social interaction all the time. If a parent/adult were to teach the kids all the time, in some ways, they're interfering with the child learning to learn. Surely there is a middle ground between tablet parenting and helicopter parenting.
- spacemanmatt 11y ago
  As a parent (11 years now) and an introvert, I'm convinced that early development depends on lots of direct involvement, and screen time is detrimental.
colechristensen 11y ago
Self-directed learning at a young age – the ability to explore and discover – is a top level skill for succeeding in the world they'll grow up in. Tablets and the like make this a lot easier than ever before for certain things. Overspending time looking at a screen is real easy though.
- unicornporn 11y ago
  I'd be happy to see kids actually explore and discover not only their games, but also the machines that the game runs on. That's mainly why oppose giving tablets and phones to kids. This is very relevant: http://www.coding2learn.org/blog/2013/07/29/kids-cant-use-computers/ http://www.coding2learn.org/blog/2013/07/29/kids-cant-use-co...
- spacemanmatt 11y ago
  In my experience, tablets over-simplify that process to the point of promoting atrophy. Kids need challenges, not crutches.

bigiain 11y ago

I initially misread that, and assumed your almost-infinitely-cool 5 year old was playing this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQvcJ7d93Zs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQvcJ7d93Zs

davvolun 11y ago

I don't know what I was thinking, but I read 'In the Court of the Crimson King' and thought that was probably both really cool and maybe not the best thing ever. As it is, I think it's just the former. :)