My girlfriend who is a teacher had her son playing with a video game when he was 3.This developed his motor skills greatly.

When I watched him one afternoon.He insisted on setting the game up and rather liked playing the game alone but giving me a play by play of his beating Sonic.
I thought this was pretty cool.
Still,we need to get back to the basics.Reading and encouraging them to becoming individuals make decisions and take responsibility for them.
A child has to know they don’t need to be a follower but to make their on trail.
Yes – leading up to a quote.
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Committed learners are made by good teachers, and, I suspect, is the ideal with which most new teachers start their careers. The truly gifted ones are those who ignite the spark toward curiosity and passion in students. Unfortunately, the weighty structure of schools, built with governmental mandates and community expectations, often precludes the ignition.

Pete and I have tried to convince our children of the importance of education. We have one PhD candidate, one Associates Degree from a specialty school, another technician in the making who wants to get her DVM and is using a pragmatic pathway, and two who aren’t in school at all. Our argument is they should be, if only to be exposed to more subject matter and perhaps discover their passion. But, as children grow into young adults, these become their choices to make, too. I think you have to get to them when they’re younger. It also helps to have a consistent message among all their influencers – including extended family and peers.

What you had to say about not needing money is interesting. I think more likely valuation itself may change. Just as we used to value tangible products for exchange, we have moved into information exchange and monetized/valued it. I think we’re evolving away from that right now with the emphasis on networking and developing connections/community. So, we appear to be using technology to recreate the close-knit experiences that were the norm prior to technology in a way, while at the same time, we are using technology to depersonalize some of the things we wish we didn’t have to do (warfare). Interesting, eh? Thanks.

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