What could be the best way to introduce the world of computers to a kid, let’s say of 6 years old, so that he learns to handle it like a toy and stops dreading it like some esoteric, arcane and recondite machine from some eldritch, enigmatic, cryptic and phantasmal world ?

  • PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz
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    11 hours ago

    Well I got my first PC when I was 5 (2005), and I just learnt to use the PC by myself (because my parents didn’t understand it) over several years.

    When I will eventually have a child, these would be my steps to encourage them to use a PC:

    • Tell them that they can play paid games for free and show them how to do it
    • Give general internet usage tips
    • Convince them that a PC worths way more than a console, because you can play way more games on it, and you can also do a bunch more things with it

    I don’t think a 5 year old will understand a PC’s usefullnes for sure, but their receptors will definitely be turned on after hearing FREE GAMES.