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Re:I introduced my 5yo and 2yo to startx and xmonad. They’re... by brudgers on Thursday June 21, 2012 @11:06AM (#4142337)
What's normal is children doing just about anything to please their parents. What's also normal is parents living vicariously through their children. It's the whole two-year-olds-in-tierras-pagent meme nerdified.
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Re:I introduced my 5yo and 2yo to startx and xmonad. They’re... by nemo1618 on Thursday June 21, 2012 @03:19PM (#4143737)
Sadly, if there was a show called "Kiddies and Command Lines," sites like reddit would probably eat it up.

Parents should let their kids discover what they like, not force their own preferences on them.

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Re:I introduced my 5yo and 2yo to startx and xmonad. They’re... by jiggy2011 on Thursday June 21, 2012 @04:19PM (#4143990)
Not sure I agree, unless the parents are doing something harmful like indoctrinating their kids into a cult I think it's good for parents to impart skills and knowledge that they have.

After all, if the kid is interested in something else instead they have plenty of time to develop other interests. As a general rule though kids usually do pick up interests from their parents, pretty much every friend I know has some hobby that one of their parents introduced them too (Music , Computers , Cars , Photography etc).

If a parent doesn't create opportunities for the kid to learn about things that they might not get to do at school then they risk having a kid who marches through life with no passions or direction.

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