Is it good for kids to have their own computers?

Should Kids Have Their Own Computers? Or are we living in a spoiled society?

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Children should not have an internet-capable computer in their room, where they can access the intarweb unsupervised. If they want one of their own to use and it is located in the living room or den, then that is fine.

Even trustworthy children can stumble upon stuff they are too immature to handle, which is why a parent or other responsible adult should be supervising their use.

My kids are free to use the family computer, under supervision.
 
I agree with kids that shouldn't have their own computers. The internet is everything and easy to use, just load up ie and afew clicks your there.
 
I'm a kid...(well, 15 yrs old)

I've built my PC and I have it in my bedroom - fully networked with access to the internet. I show signs of responsibility to my mother, and therefore she allows me to go on my PC with trust.

That's just about it.
 
Hmm...this is a tough issue, but I believe that kids should have the freedom to have internet access and so on. They should have their own computer whenever possible. Everyone talks about how they could be exposed to material they are not mature enough for, but do you not consider that at school, they may discuss things and see things that are also inapropriate. I know from my own experience that there were kids in my school which brought porn mags and so on to school back in the days when I did not even know porn existed. Now am I a porn maniac? NO!

JAN :D
 
davie23223 said:
I agree with kids that shouldn't have their own computers. The internet is everything and easy to use, just load up ie and afew clicks your there.
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I agree with you too, although i am a kid with my own computer.

I think that kids in elementary school shouldnt have their own computers, but people 13+ should be responsible enough and be able to have a computer.
 
I think kids should. My parents only bought faamily comps, and then comps for them, but maybe a comp i can build is coming up...sure hope so...it's gonna be great!!!
 
jancz3rt said:
Hmm...this is a tough issue, but I believe that kids should have the freedom to have internet access and so on. They should have their own computer whenever possible. Everyone talks about how they could be exposed to material they are not mature enough for, but do you not consider that at school, they may discuss things and see things that are also inapropriate. I know from my own experience that there were kids in my school which brought porn mags and so on to school back in the days when I did not even know porn existed. Now am I a porn maniac? NO!

JAN :D
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While you do have a somewhat valid point, there are things on the net that are way beyond what a youngster will find in the average porno mag. Stuff even a time-hardened, salty old sailor like myself will cringe at. :eek:

And even the most innocuous searches bring up pages with adult links or content.
 
Dngrsone said:
And even the most innocuous searches bring up pages with adult links or content.
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Well, that can happen anywhere... This forum has "Google Ads" and with a topic like this, it can detect the word "Porn" and show links to porn sites (just an example...).

I think alot of it depends alot on the person itself. The parent's will probably have to give consent, and wouldn't do so without knowing their kid is responsible (IMO anyway).

Short answer: It depends :D
 
Yes, a kid should have their own computer. But the parents have to be able to trust their kid. If I couldn't trust my kid I wouldn't let him have a computer (Talking about the future, I don't have a kid, yet:P)
 
Yes, if they dont let you get a computer (expecial w/ your own money) they obviously dont trust you.
 
as long as you don't have young kids going on porno sites, I think computers are good for kids, I mean more and more jobs are going to need computer literacy skills, so you might as well give them a head start
 
I think computers are great and I always have. I think they are great learning tools. I think if a child is responsable, than yes, the kid needs a computer.
 
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