From: radek kosciuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hello, sorry for writing to THIS one iMac specific list, but I noticed in some posts from iMac list subscribers that many of us have kids. Maybe we can share our experiences of what kind of software we use /recommend for children in different ages. What you do to make your computer safe?
Keep it in a room the children don't have access to. :)
I don't have children of my own, but I do have friends who have kids. All of them (from ages four to nine) understand that the ONLY time they can touch the computer is when I have specifically allowed them into that room and am with them.
This is not a comment on people who have kids, probably more a reflection of how I was raised, but I have to say it: I really don't understand the logic of allowing small children anywhere near something as valuable as a home computer, particularly one with sensitive or un-backed-up data on it. I can't picture it.
The next computer I buy will probably be worth about $2,000-2,500, but that's probably the sum total value of every xmas present I got for at least the first six years of my life! Entrusting such value in the hands of a child is, to me, like letting a six-year-old drive my car.
Call me a scrooge, but I don't think young children have a sense how valuable the thing is -- to them it's just another toy. To that end, I'd let them use a worthless hand-me-down computer to run their educational or game software, but touch my workhorse? Not a chance.
_Chas_
FL-MUG: central Florida's Macintosh User Group. Meetings: second Thursday of the month, 6-9pm, at the Orlando Science Center. http://www.flmug.org
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