Kids and computers

i know a small boy of 8 years old you does better computer programming than our computer genius..he is born for computers and types so fast,he has also a good knowledge on internet,as if he is born for computer,he will surely become a computer genius in near future..

I found this kid blogger, i forgot his name but he owns a website called mextana.com, im glad to backlink him:) his only 14 years old and he is making a fair amount of money from adsense

This is a good topic because I thought that a lot of kids out there will definitely get exposed of computers since computers lately are becoming a necessity in every home unlike before, and is being thought at a very stage stage in schools. I considered my nephew already an expert in computers since at the age of 3 years old he already got his interest on computers, he already learn how to use mouse and keyboard, and now he is turning 5, he is already spending 5 or more hours infront of the computer and nobody can take him out off there, it's going to be war. He already knows how to browse the internet, He can already type a couple of website address and knows how to google specially when looking for online games. But there is guidance always, ofcourse we want the child to learn but there are limitations, we are talking about what he might see, hear and learn from the internet which he should not.

I have a little cousin who is only 8 years old and he can use the computer like a kid in high school. When I was 8 I was busy watching movies, reading comics and playing with my action figures. The children of today have access to all this technology (computer, dvd's, videogames), I sometimes wonder if this is a good thing or a bad thing. I also wonder what children 50-100 years from now will have access to.

In my friends house, I come to observed their 4 year old kid doing something in the computer. I thought he's just messing around the computer and ask my friend that he's doing with it. The father tells me that he's configuring the computer software. I don't believe him of course, but when I examine more closely what the child was doing, I was amazed to observed that hes actually changing the computer's basic configuration. Changing the monitor settings, desktop settings, and other stuffs in it. I knew that this kid would become an computer guru in the near future.

My kids are around 15 and 16 so they know how to use a computer but they download things and do certain things on them to slow them down freeze them up and get viruses. Such as the one that makes pop ups load every couple seconds.