Comments on: Laptops Are To Flushing Toilets http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/10/11/laptops-are-to-flushing-toilets/ Love, Laughter, and Madness Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:05:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Cottontimer http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/10/11/laptops-are-to-flushing-toilets/#comment-256954 Cottontimer Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:40:23 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/10/11/laptops-are-to-flushing-toilets/#comment-256954 Deb, Didn't you know that computers are only necessary for only people who are up to no good? heh Deb, Didn’t you know that computers are only necessary for only people who are up to no good? heh

]]> By: Deb L http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/10/11/laptops-are-to-flushing-toilets/#comment-246540 Deb L Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:19:57 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/10/11/laptops-are-to-flushing-toilets/#comment-246540 I'm not anti-computers for kids. Far from it. The only thing I would say is that there isn't a magic age at which kids are ready to use them. Some kids can earlier than others. And supervision is necessary for quite some years. Even if you don't have an internet connection. It isn't much more difficult to reformat your hard drive than it is to call 911. Thankfully, none of our kids has done either of those things, and *knock on wood* they never will. :) But to assume that computers=games just shows how ignorant the person is who complained about it. My almost-5 year old likes to ask about things like pirate ships or castles or whatever is of interest to him, and have us do an image search, and then he can have "the perfect ___whatever___" printed off to carry around like it was the Magna Carta. It saddens me when people see a tool that allows for an incredible array of purposes, as a limited object. I’m not anti-computers for kids. Far from it. The only thing I would say is that there isn’t a magic age at which kids are ready to use them. Some kids can earlier than others. And supervision is necessary for quite some years. Even if you don’t have an internet connection. It isn’t much more difficult to reformat your hard drive than it is to call 911. Thankfully, none of our kids has done either of those things, and *knock on wood* they never will. :)

But to assume that computers=games just shows how ignorant the person is who complained about it.

My almost-5 year old likes to ask about things like pirate ships or castles or whatever is of interest to him, and have us do an image search, and then he can have “the perfect ___whatever___” printed off to carry around like it was the Magna Carta.

It saddens me when people see a tool that allows for an incredible array of purposes, as a limited object.

]]> By: Cottontimer http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/10/11/laptops-are-to-flushing-toilets/#comment-246226 Cottontimer Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:04:42 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/10/11/laptops-are-to-flushing-toilets/#comment-246226 Yes, please add these types of people to your F-list, Krissy!! Yes, please add these types of people to your F-list, Krissy!!

]]> By: Cottontimer http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/10/11/laptops-are-to-flushing-toilets/#comment-246184 Cottontimer Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:36:08 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/10/11/laptops-are-to-flushing-toilets/#comment-246184 Snowy, I think computers are better than TV too! More interactive and makes them think harder. Snowy, I think computers are better than TV too! More interactive and makes them think harder.

]]> By: Krissy Poopyhands http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/10/11/laptops-are-to-flushing-toilets/#comment-246070 Krissy Poopyhands Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:21:21 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/10/11/laptops-are-to-flushing-toilets/#comment-246070 Oh my goodness. Philestines. Last night Wallace and I danced to Yo Gabba Gabba on YouTube, and you can also get English programs like the Ringo Star Naration of Thomas on there. For the younger, preschool and toddler set we really like: www.poissonrouge.com and www.starfall.com Great sites for little ones being introduced to the alphabet, shapes and colors. Interactive enough to be interesting but truly informative. Wallace learns a ton there. He also has computer time at preschool where kids pair into twos and play educational games. Which is, you know, what they are doing when they play blocks as well. It's just a different medium. People, as I may have mentioned before, are stupid. Oh my goodness. Philestines.

Last night Wallace and I danced to Yo Gabba Gabba on YouTube, and you can also get English programs like the Ringo Star Naration of Thomas on there.

For the younger, preschool and toddler set we really like:

http://www.poissonrouge.com
and
http://www.starfall.com

Great sites for little ones being introduced to the alphabet, shapes and colors. Interactive enough to be interesting but truly informative. Wallace learns a ton there.

He also has computer time at preschool where kids pair into twos and play educational games. Which is, you know, what they are doing when they play blocks as well. It’s just a different medium.

People, as I may have mentioned before, are stupid.

]]> By: Snowy http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/10/11/laptops-are-to-flushing-toilets/#comment-246032 Snowy Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:56:07 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/10/11/laptops-are-to-flushing-toilets/#comment-246032 Hsien, I totally agree, it is no good being a dinosaur, everything changes, and remaining in the past like some Amish villager won't stop the world. Raphael has improved his reading skills dramatically via the computer, he also adores You Tube, and has to type in the names of the things he wants to see, better than television, IMOA. Hsien, I totally agree, it is no good being a dinosaur, everything changes, and remaining in the past like some Amish villager won’t stop the world.
Raphael has improved his reading skills dramatically via the computer, he also adores You Tube, and has to type in the names of the things he wants to see, better than television, IMOA.

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