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Posted 07 March 2009 - 10:43 AM
I would agree. My kid has been playing with computers since age 1, starting with Mother Goose. It allows them to familiarize themselves with a critical tool that will be necessary for their future success in the 3rd millennium and 21st century. And it develops an interest and passion for something worthwhile.
The major source of calamity in our society is people plodding through life without direction or objectives. And idle, bored minds turn to nasty things...
At least, whatever the subject is, when someone is passionate about what they do, they do well towards themselves and society.
One can make a parallel with history during the first Agricultural Revolution, then second Industrial Revolution towards our now Technological Revolution.
To people waking with the sun, and going to bed at sunset, hard-working all day long in the fields seeing someone disinterested with the 'facts of life' such as reading a book, cultivating their minds, they felt that activity totally worthless, and futile. But history has shown they were the ones living in futility. Don't get me wrong, they were hard-working good people. Just that civilization has displaced their lives. Good or bad isn't the point here.
Then during the Industrial Revolution, one thousand field-workers got displaced by one machine, capable of doing a much more efficient and better job than they could. Even the term 'sabotage' came from those disgruntled workers, throwing their sabots (wooden shoes) into the machinery in attempt to break it...
Now we are in the midst of a Technological Revolution, and those who cannot adapt, are simply going to get steam-rolled over into oblivion.
Look at Google; it deals only with Information, using Technology to provide it. It is the fastest growing company in the history of mankind, after only two years after IPO growing by leaps and bounds to a size close to that of Microsoft which took thirty years to achieve. At one point reaching high point $714.87 from an initial $80 IPO.
>see: http://finance.yahoo...s=0;logscale=on
And in today's deflated economy still has a market cap of $97.29B
see: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=GOOG
In contrast to once blue chip stocks the likes of General Motors
>General Motors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaGeneral Motors Corporation (GM) (NYSE: GM), founded in 1908, is the world's second-largest automaker after Toyota, ranked by 2008 global unit sales. ...
>http://en.wikipedia..../General_Motors - 240k - Cached - Similar pages
So a heavy industrial 100+ year old established company like GM is now only worth on the stock markets a mere $885.20M or $0.88520B in comparison.
see: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=GM
The point I am making here is all the top companies and the entire world's economy resides in high-technology oriented fields and that in the 21st century, that's where all the action will be.
Thus in starting our kids early onto high-technology, what could be better than making it fun?
As to the puritans that claim this or that, do your jobs as good parents best as you can, to ensure your kids have proper moral values, guiding principles, and the education to succeed in life. You won't be there to protect them when they are adults, and our future... So best prepare them right now.
Discovery Channel is great TV for kids too!
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To all, please forgive all these quotes, but kids and education are just critical to their future, my message is to convey and share timeless wisdom from everyone to everyone... Please enjoy!
PS: Learning is so simple. Just have fun!
~~~~~~~~~~~
If a son is uneducated, his dad is to blame. If a daughter is uneducated, her mom is to blame.
{Chinese Proverb}
Whatever your discipline, become a student of excellence in all things. Take every opportunity to observe people who manifest the qualities of mastery. These models of excellence will inspire you and guide you toward the fulfillment of your highest potential.
~ Tony Buzan
Children need models rather than critics.
~ Joseph Joubert
Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
~ Anatole France, 1844-1924, French Author
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
~ Confucius, 551-479 B.C., Chinese Ethical Teacher and Philosopher
The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
~ B.B. King, American Blues Guitarist and Songwriter
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
~ Colin Powell
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
{Chinese Proverb}
Learning never exhausts the mind.
~ Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, Italian Painter and Sculptor
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
~ Bill Gates (also funded The Magic School Bus TV series)
Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.
~ W. Edwards Deming
A little learning is a dangerous thing but a lot of ignorance is just as bad.
~ Bob Edwards
Learning is the process of discovering something is possible.
{Chinese Proverb}
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
{German Proverb}
Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.
~ Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English Author
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Former First Lady of the United States
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reasons for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality.
~ Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-born American Physicist
One day, you will have an urge to go explore a place or idea that is usually uncomfortable for you. Your curiosity will become stronger than your fear of the unknown, and this is a very positive development. It will encourage you to keep discovering, and keep exploring.
~ Mark Lerner
Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.
~ E. E. Cummings (1894 - 1962)
Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance.
~ William Wirt
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
~ Dorothy Parker
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
~ Beverly Sills
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
~ James Oppenheim
We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.
~ Frank Tibolt
The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.
~ Frank Herbert
If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.
~Confucius
The major source of calamity in our society is people plodding through life without direction or objectives. And idle, bored minds turn to nasty things...
At least, whatever the subject is, when someone is passionate about what they do, they do well towards themselves and society.
One can make a parallel with history during the first Agricultural Revolution, then second Industrial Revolution towards our now Technological Revolution.
To people waking with the sun, and going to bed at sunset, hard-working all day long in the fields seeing someone disinterested with the 'facts of life' such as reading a book, cultivating their minds, they felt that activity totally worthless, and futile. But history has shown they were the ones living in futility. Don't get me wrong, they were hard-working good people. Just that civilization has displaced their lives. Good or bad isn't the point here.
Then during the Industrial Revolution, one thousand field-workers got displaced by one machine, capable of doing a much more efficient and better job than they could. Even the term 'sabotage' came from those disgruntled workers, throwing their sabots (wooden shoes) into the machinery in attempt to break it...
Now we are in the midst of a Technological Revolution, and those who cannot adapt, are simply going to get steam-rolled over into oblivion.
Look at Google; it deals only with Information, using Technology to provide it. It is the fastest growing company in the history of mankind, after only two years after IPO growing by leaps and bounds to a size close to that of Microsoft which took thirty years to achieve. At one point reaching high point $714.87 from an initial $80 IPO.
>see: http://finance.yahoo...s=0;logscale=on
And in today's deflated economy still has a market cap of $97.29B
see: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=GOOG
In contrast to once blue chip stocks the likes of General Motors
>General Motors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaGeneral Motors Corporation (GM) (NYSE: GM), founded in 1908, is the world's second-largest automaker after Toyota, ranked by 2008 global unit sales. ...
>http://en.wikipedia..../General_Motors - 240k - Cached - Similar pages
So a heavy industrial 100+ year old established company like GM is now only worth on the stock markets a mere $885.20M or $0.88520B in comparison.
see: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=GM
The point I am making here is all the top companies and the entire world's economy resides in high-technology oriented fields and that in the 21st century, that's where all the action will be.
Thus in starting our kids early onto high-technology, what could be better than making it fun?
As to the puritans that claim this or that, do your jobs as good parents best as you can, to ensure your kids have proper moral values, guiding principles, and the education to succeed in life. You won't be there to protect them when they are adults, and our future... So best prepare them right now.
Discovery Channel is great TV for kids too!
-----
To all, please forgive all these quotes, but kids and education are just critical to their future, my message is to convey and share timeless wisdom from everyone to everyone... Please enjoy!
PS: Learning is so simple. Just have fun!
~~~~~~~~~~~
If a son is uneducated, his dad is to blame. If a daughter is uneducated, her mom is to blame.
{Chinese Proverb}
Whatever your discipline, become a student of excellence in all things. Take every opportunity to observe people who manifest the qualities of mastery. These models of excellence will inspire you and guide you toward the fulfillment of your highest potential.
~ Tony Buzan
Children need models rather than critics.
~ Joseph Joubert
Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
~ Anatole France, 1844-1924, French Author
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
~ Confucius, 551-479 B.C., Chinese Ethical Teacher and Philosopher
The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
~ B.B. King, American Blues Guitarist and Songwriter
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
~ Colin Powell
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
{Chinese Proverb}
Learning never exhausts the mind.
~ Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, Italian Painter and Sculptor
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
~ Bill Gates (also funded The Magic School Bus TV series)
Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.
~ W. Edwards Deming
A little learning is a dangerous thing but a lot of ignorance is just as bad.
~ Bob Edwards
Learning is the process of discovering something is possible.
{Chinese Proverb}
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
{German Proverb}
Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.
~ Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English Author
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Former First Lady of the United States
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reasons for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality.
~ Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-born American Physicist
One day, you will have an urge to go explore a place or idea that is usually uncomfortable for you. Your curiosity will become stronger than your fear of the unknown, and this is a very positive development. It will encourage you to keep discovering, and keep exploring.
~ Mark Lerner
Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.
~ E. E. Cummings (1894 - 1962)
Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance.
~ William Wirt
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
~ Dorothy Parker
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
~ Beverly Sills
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
~ James Oppenheim
We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.
~ Frank Tibolt
The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.
~ Frank Herbert
If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.
~Confucius
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MarkS
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Posted 19 March 2009 - 08:29 AM
WinTard, those may be great quotes about wisdom, living, education, whatever, but they don't have anything to do with proving that computer games are necessarily "good for kids" and what it means in the big picture of their lives.
You know. Basketballs are good for kids too. So are tree houses, skateboards, bikes.
Friends are good for kids, as they develop social skills and learn how to forge bonds with other people through them.
Guns are good for kids too. They help kids learn how to respect power and to handle things that, if being careless, could be dangerous. Responsibility. They teach kids how to survive by hunting food. Knives are good for kids in the same way. And hydraulic car jacks.
Get it? Anything can be characterized as "good" if you want, and these same things can be harmful if used irresponsibly.
I wouldn't put a gun, knive, skateboard or a computer into the hands of a 1 year old. They are not developmentally ready for these things, and they're not going to use them for what they are really intended for.
Kids are not developmentally ready to handle these things. So assuming that "Computer Games are Good for Kids", without backing it up with evidence that they actually help the kids is irresponsible. There is evidence to the contrary actually. Studies that indicate that they are not helping the kids at all, and perhaps that they actually harm kids.
Even if you assume for a second that they aren't harmful or helpful, that they're actually neutral, then you have to stop and think about the fact that perhaps they're absorbing the time that might otherwise be going into something that is important for the childs development. Like playing with blocks and physical things which help aquaint them with the real world and improve their hand/eye coordination in the real world. Speech development. Walking, running, jumping, exploring.
More thoughts here. http://www.softwaret...-good-for-kids/
You know. Basketballs are good for kids too. So are tree houses, skateboards, bikes.
Friends are good for kids, as they develop social skills and learn how to forge bonds with other people through them.
Guns are good for kids too. They help kids learn how to respect power and to handle things that, if being careless, could be dangerous. Responsibility. They teach kids how to survive by hunting food. Knives are good for kids in the same way. And hydraulic car jacks.
Get it? Anything can be characterized as "good" if you want, and these same things can be harmful if used irresponsibly.
I wouldn't put a gun, knive, skateboard or a computer into the hands of a 1 year old. They are not developmentally ready for these things, and they're not going to use them for what they are really intended for.
Kids are not developmentally ready to handle these things. So assuming that "Computer Games are Good for Kids", without backing it up with evidence that they actually help the kids is irresponsible. There is evidence to the contrary actually. Studies that indicate that they are not helping the kids at all, and perhaps that they actually harm kids.
Even if you assume for a second that they aren't harmful or helpful, that they're actually neutral, then you have to stop and think about the fact that perhaps they're absorbing the time that might otherwise be going into something that is important for the childs development. Like playing with blocks and physical things which help aquaint them with the real world and improve their hand/eye coordination in the real world. Speech development. Walking, running, jumping, exploring.
More thoughts here. http://www.softwaret...-good-for-kids/
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