My dad froze to death in a hedgemaze when I was 8, so I never got to do any of this cool stuff with him. I'm pretty jelly right now.
For The Kids: What should I have my son do?
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My dad froze to death in a hedgemaze when I was 8, so I never got to do any of this cool stuff with him. I'm pretty jelly right now.
Teach him how to become a man, ad the pussy comments is def true.
Social skills will ALWAYS get you way more in life then a homed in skill like coding.
People always want people around them that gives the good emotion
EDIT: Fuck he's ten I could already change tires on my dad's car by then and use the chainsaw. Learned how to drive when I was 13. Computer skills are easy to pick up along the way. Do you want your son to get pussy or money growing up?
Do you want this to be your son?
or this?
Social skills will ALWAYS get you way more in life then a homed in skill like coding.
People always want people around them that gives the good emotion
EDIT: Fuck he's ten I could already change tires on my dad's car by then and use the chainsaw. Learned how to drive when I was 13. Computer skills are easy to pick up along the way. Do you want your son to get pussy or money growing up?
Do you want this to be your son?
or this?
Know where you coming from... Decided to let my 10 year old BE a kid still but focus on her studies at school. However, my father daughter thing with her IRONICALLY is watching Shark Tank with her.
We stop the individual presentations and she'll give me her comments and we discuss it.
Me: Okay, the guy wants $100,000 for 25% of the company. How much does he think his company is worth?
Her: $400,000 I think. Daddy, how many sales does he have already? The bald guy is going to ask that!
She's now bringing more and more ideas to me which I love.
The other day she invented 'Smarkles' the hairspray for kids. It allows them to put sparkles in their hair that helps them 'think' better and makes them better on tests. Yes, she realizes it won't work...but thought it would be a fun thing to create which than in turn could catch on with her friends....
We stop the individual presentations and she'll give me her comments and we discuss it.
Me: Okay, the guy wants $100,000 for 25% of the company. How much does he think his company is worth?
Her: $400,000 I think. Daddy, how many sales does he have already? The bald guy is going to ask that!
She's now bringing more and more ideas to me which I love.
The other day she invented 'Smarkles' the hairspray for kids. It allows them to put sparkles in their hair that helps them 'think' better and makes them better on tests. Yes, she realizes it won't work...but thought it would be a fun thing to create which than in turn could catch on with her friends....
when I was ten back in 1971 I created my very own operating system by myself, some guy then offered me $5 for it to which my father told him to f## off.
the guy then upped the price to $20 and my dad said sure why not.
dudes name was bill gates and the rest is history....
now that my dad is 95 years old dillusional living in my basement, I grab stray dogs off the street that are in heat and release them on my fully naked dad and charge gay bastards $20 an hour to watch.
the guy then upped the price to $20 and my dad said sure why not.
dudes name was bill gates and the rest is history....
now that my dad is 95 years old dillusional living in my basement, I grab stray dogs off the street that are in heat and release them on my fully naked dad and charge gay bastards $20 an hour to watch.
My son is nine months old ... just turned and I will be dammed if I teach him how to code or encourage him in coding. In 20 years this shit isn't even going to be around, total Google AI interface, no keyboard, no screens.
I am manipulating him into liking space, that's where people will have regular commutes to low orbit work.
Websites, shit lol.
WJ
I am manipulating him into liking space, that's where people will have regular commutes to low orbit work.
Websites, shit lol.
WJ
Building your own computer?
F yeah!
Start with an old computer to disassemble/assemble, that way, not too much is lost if/when something breaks.
Also a good opportunity to show basic safety (like static electricity, breaking things/nibs, etc..) and tool use.
Then set a budget and have him research parts/deals with you.
You might want to have him work / save money for this.
Then assemble the computer together.
Yay! His own base of operations.
As for coding, I recommend the "head first" series of books for noobs.
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F yeah!
Start with an old computer to disassemble/assemble, that way, not too much is lost if/when something breaks.
Also a good opportunity to show basic safety (like static electricity, breaking things/nibs, etc..) and tool use.
Then set a budget and have him research parts/deals with you.
You might want to have him work / save money for this.
Then assemble the computer together.
Yay! His own base of operations.
As for coding, I recommend the "head first" series of books for noobs.
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You have a 10 yr old that you home school and you are pushing him into sitting in front of a computer hanging with dad for his fun time?
You may want to open the front door to the house and point to those other people his own size, which you may want to explain are other children. See how they move their legs real fast, that is called running. See how their mouths are turned up and teeth are showing, that is called a smile. Let your kid be a kid, let your kid spend time with other kids or he is going to be a social outcast. The greatest gift you can give your son is the ability to not be a social dork.
You may want to open the front door to the house and point to those other people his own size, which you may want to explain are other children. See how they move their legs real fast, that is called running. See how their mouths are turned up and teeth are showing, that is called a smile. Let your kid be a kid, let your kid spend time with other kids or he is going to be a social outcast. The greatest gift you can give your son is the ability to not be a social dork.
Ahhh but big enough to admit it? +1. So we're even.
I'll give you an out too...your wording said something like "shouldn't make our kids into what we are" (not looking at it atm) which is totally true. We don't (or shouldn't) want them to be carbon copies of ourselves. We should show them what we do, instruct them, guide them, because (obviously) we think it's best, and then allow them to make up their own mind in the end. If at the end they want something totally different it's our job to support them and help find someone else to guide and mentor them if you can't (ie doctor, Marianne biologist...etc)
maybe the best thing is to let him play outside for a couple more years, after that just get him and blog and tell him to use it to write about what he likes to do.
would anyone want to be introduced into the cynical ruthless and not-so-honest world of marketing at the age of 10 (minus 4 months), spare him these few more childhood years
would anyone want to be introduced into the cynical ruthless and not-so-honest world of marketing at the age of 10 (minus 4 months), spare him these few more childhood years
I would get him a few basic php books, html for dummies kind of thing. He starts programming now, he'll be a god by the time he's in his young 20's
When one of my kids was a little younger, i found this book - PHP for Teens which was a good starter programming book. It says "teens", but I'm sure a smart 10 year old could work through it with some help.
Teach him #2
And get him to start learning how to code, holy fuck this is useful, wish I knew how to code. Now am to fucking lazy to learn it.
And get him to start learning how to code, holy fuck this is useful, wish I knew how to code. Now am to fucking lazy to learn it.
Clearly there are a number of people here that know zero about homeschooling.
If you really want to prepare him for his future get him a gun, a big ass knife, take him out into the woods and teach him to hunt, cook dead animals, boil water and make a shelter. This will help prepare him for the collapse of the government and end of civilization as we know it that is eminent. Some urban looting might be good too. :338:
RP said something (out of context) similar last week, talking about an "honest rape". Took me a while to grasp but it's something along these same lines of thinking.
There's sincere manipulation ... Influence where we want the best for someone else and at the same time looking our for our self
Then there's the evil manipulation ... Influencing by wanting the best for yourself (or friends) while looking out only for yourself at the expense of someone else. This influence is usually exclusively mental those days and you're being trained like a dog.
SO the moral of the story was "don't listen to what someone is telling you, consider their perspective and objectives. If you're comfortable with the /why/ you're being told something, translate what they're asking into something doable that's beneficial to both."
TG she's 14 and not 10 ... this conversation wouldn't have happened.
All the people complaining about home schooling are making blanket assumptions about the situation.
My son does things outside of school ie Boys And Girls Club, YMCA, Tae Kwon Do, shit like that.
People say school teaches you to be social which is a complete fallacy. All school teaches you to do is conform and be a good little worker.
Number one phrase said by teachers in school
"name" it isn't social time
There is maybe an hour total of your so called social time any day in school. My son is 10 and is reading at high school levels, when we go through a lesson it takes 10-15 minutes rather than a whole hour to learn some stupid shit.
For the people saying let him be a kid. That is exactly what I am doing, there is no harm in showing and teaching him how to do things. If he doesn't enjoy it then so be it. If he does then we keep going.
You guys on one breath say let him be a "kid" do not force shit on him. Is that not exactly what a school does 5 days a week for 8 hours a day. rethink your blanket statements and give advice on the situation rather then on your assumptions of it.
My son does things outside of school ie Boys And Girls Club, YMCA, Tae Kwon Do, shit like that.
People say school teaches you to be social which is a complete fallacy. All school teaches you to do is conform and be a good little worker.
Number one phrase said by teachers in school
"name" it isn't social time
There is maybe an hour total of your so called social time any day in school. My son is 10 and is reading at high school levels, when we go through a lesson it takes 10-15 minutes rather than a whole hour to learn some stupid shit.
For the people saying let him be a kid. That is exactly what I am doing, there is no harm in showing and teaching him how to do things. If he doesn't enjoy it then so be it. If he does then we keep going.
You guys on one breath say let him be a "kid" do not force shit on him. Is that not exactly what a school does 5 days a week for 8 hours a day. rethink your blanket statements and give advice on the situation rather then on your assumptions of it.
I have quite a bit of experience with home schooled kids. In my neighborhood, coaching and volunteering, we even considered it at one point for our oldest. I can pick out a home school kid immediately. They are well mannered, many are "yes, sir/ no, sir", most are much more mature then their peers, but they also are always socially awkward, generally bc they are at a higher maturity level. Its not that they are not nice people, but they tend to take on the personality of the adult they spend 99% of their time with.