Comments on: How young is too young for a laptop? http://scientificink.com/blog/2007/11/11/how-young-is-too-young-for-a-laptop/ not particularly objective musings on odds and ends - Dunrie Greiling, Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:37:20 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Amy http://scientificink.com/blog/2007/11/11/how-young-is-too-young-for-a-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-2051 Amy Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:09:59 +0000 http://scientificink.com/blog/2007/11/11/how-young-is-too-young-for-a-laptop/#comment-2051 I think that four is way too young for a laptop. I won't even get one for my 12 year old son. My daughter however is fourteen and we just bought her her first laptop. She uses it responsibly and it helps a lot with homework. I think that four is way too young for a laptop. I won’t even get one for my 12 year old son. My daughter however is fourteen and we just bought her her first laptop. She uses it responsibly and it helps a lot with homework.

]]> By: Dunrie http://scientificink.com/blog/2007/11/11/how-young-is-too-young-for-a-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-1816 Dunrie Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:23:20 +0000 http://scientificink.com/blog/2007/11/11/how-young-is-too-young-for-a-laptop/#comment-1816 Given his fascination with my husband's computer over Thanksgiving (replacement photo above), I know he'd like one of his own. Good thing his dad is a computer-savvy guy who might be able to doctor it/rescue it if anything goes really awry. Given his fascination with my husband’s computer over Thanksgiving (replacement photo above), I know he’d like one of his own. Good thing his dad is a computer-savvy guy who might be able to doctor it/rescue it if anything goes really awry.

]]> By: Kathleen Giesting http://scientificink.com/blog/2007/11/11/how-young-is-too-young-for-a-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-1812 Kathleen Giesting Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:17:44 +0000 http://scientificink.com/blog/2007/11/11/how-young-is-too-young-for-a-laptop/#comment-1812 Given what I've seen my own nieces and nephews do, 4-and-a-half seems just about right! Learning the alphabet, playing logic games with pix, maybe even getting a start on reading. Given what I’ve seen my own nieces and nephews do, 4-and-a-half seems just about right! Learning the alphabet, playing logic games with pix, maybe even getting a start on reading.

]]> By: farlane http://scientificink.com/blog/2007/11/11/how-young-is-too-young-for-a-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-1692 farlane Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:38:46 +0000 http://scientificink.com/blog/2007/11/11/how-young-is-too-young-for-a-laptop/#comment-1692 I think 4 1/2 is too young for the internet, but assuming the parents aren't letting him just veg in front the screen (and that they make him wash his hands before using!), I think it's not too young for a laptop. Cool gift idea! I think 4 1/2 is too young for the internet, but assuming the parents aren’t letting him just veg in front the screen (and that they make him wash his hands before using!), I think it’s not too young for a laptop.

Cool gift idea!

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