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drc54 · 09-12-2005, 01:02 AM

One grown up kids, one teenager. Have been around computers since my first home PS/2 model 30 (a 286 box, and that's not PlayStation. IBM always wanted to be different, so they called their PC Personal System). Well, since English is not their first language, they weren't really addicted beyond pac man and digger. Connection was on a 22.8Kbs dial-up using an external US Robotics modem.

One thing for sure, they befriended the computer. So today doing it's easy for them to do their homework, getting information for school project, collaboration with team member on school report, and sending their work for evaluation. It's an indispensible tool. But yes, for the younger kids today, I'd be nervous to let them have the same freedom like my kids have now. I was fortunate to have the technology aged (matured) at the same time as my children.

09-12-2005, 01:02 AM	#4
drc54 Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Singapore Device: Palm m515, now TX	One grown up kids, one teenager. Have been around computers since my first home PS/2 model 30 (a 286 box, and that's not PlayStation. IBM always wanted to be different, so they called their PC Personal System). Well, since English is not their first language, they weren't really addicted beyond pac man and digger. Connection was on a 22.8Kbs dial-up using an external US Robotics modem. One thing for sure, they befriended the computer. So today doing it's easy for them to do their homework, getting information for school project, collaboration with team member on school report, and sending their work for evaluation. It's an indispensible tool. But yes, for the younger kids today, I'd be nervous to let them have the same freedom like my kids have now. I was fortunate to have the technology aged (matured) at the same time as my children.