Re: PC tech gamers, parents & investors

Is anyone else having to limit their kid's time here?
http://www.runescape.com

My oldest kid (in the 5th grade) would love it if we let him play this
game but we don't. He saw it at a friend's house. My wife really keeps a
close eye on his internet access for reasons similar to your bad language
example. Basically, we want to know who he's associating with. Since
that game allows interaction with others we haven't let him play it. There
are enough other entertainment options for kids today anyway.

Should 5th graders have typing class and computer class? and if they
finish their assignments early - be allowed to assemble in a virtual
world on runescape?

Uh, today it's called "keyboarding". :) Call me old-fashioned but I feel
that if kids are in school they should be doing something educational. If
they finish early they can have computer time but not to play games. They
could work on programming, web design, writing, etc.

Do we realize that 10/11 year old kids these days know the advantages
of using different user agents such as firefox/firebug and hacking the
onlline world?

It's like the cold war--If I don't know the capabilities of the other
side, I assume that they are capable. I'm not saying that kids are the
enemy but I know the kinds of mischief that I would have been interested
in when I was their age.

Extremely cool child-hood huh?

Too cool to keep up with. You didn't even mention kids with their own
cell phones. <sigh>


Dave Parnin