On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 12:16, Firinel Taranen wrote: > --- Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > Am 2003-10-21 10:54:01, schrieb Ben > Armstrong: [snip] > And what about prior to 6 years old? Our daughter has > been running Debian Jr on her own computer since she > was nearly 4. I expect her to be capable of running > more "adult" systems by the time she's 10, truth be > told. My husband first began programming when he was > 7, afterall. I'd be very happy to see Debian Jr. > targetted at an age group more inclusive of younger > children. > > Is there anyone on the list who, aside from > programming , is also versed at all in child > development and what is age appropiate?
Why expose children to computers at such a young age? Shouldn't they be running and jumping, playing with toys, coloring, cutting, riding bike/scooter, etc, instead? Yes, I have 2 young children: boy aged 5.67, girl aged 4.25, and yes, I am a database administrator (after being a programmer for many years), and I've been very successful at it, while not having been exposed to computers until 12th grade. (Although I could have used WordStar to type book reports & term papers.) -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA After seeing all the viruses, trojan horses, worms and Reply mails from stupidly-configured anti-virus software that's been hurled upon the internet for the last 3 years, and the time/money that is spent protecting against said viruses, trojan horses & worms, I can only conclude that Microsoft is dangerous to the internet and American commerce, and it's software should be banned.
