Timeline for 9-year-old received tablet as gift, but he does not have the self-control or maturity to own a tablet
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| Dec 29, 2016 at 18:49 | comment | added | Jared Smith | @jpmc26 no its not a serious problem. TL; DR: lying is the default and honesty must be carefully cultivated. Research has actually shown that lying is an important stage in social development: it means you are able to consider the perspective of another enough to tell them what you think they want to hear. Additionally, at that age its a truly exceptional child that can put an abstract principle like honesty ahead of immediate self-interest. You have to instill that sort of thing via repetition (see above). | |
| Dec 29, 2016 at 8:57 | comment | added | jpmc26 | "It is not reasonable to expect an 8-year-old to (a) tell the truth all the time especially if they know they will get into trouble..." Are you suggesting that a parent should not treat it as a serious problem when a child lies about their bad behavior? | |
| Dec 28, 2016 at 14:31 | comment | added | T.E.D. | My PC is set up to require an Administrator password for installs. The account I log into it with is not an administrator account. This is the default setup for PC's (and even workstations back in the 80's). As long as you do that, and do not give the kids the admin password, the damage they (or even you accidentally) can do to it should be kept down significantly. Giving an 8yo admin access to a PC is just asking for trouble. | |
| Dec 28, 2016 at 7:12 | comment | added | anon |
I'd like to point out some erroneous assumptions for the record. The boy has been behaving well academically The comment from his dad was, as stated, sarcastic. So your dad broke company policy All important data/photos were on the cloud. IT simply re-imaged the device the next day and it was just a matter of logging back in. The boy should not have reset a phone for a game. Ultimately the boy hasn't misbehaved He has in fact misbehaved. But like I said, you've shown me a different perspective where it's not as severe as initially thought.
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| Dec 27, 2016 at 18:32 | comment | added | anon | I hadn't thought of it in that way... Thanks for the perspective, this was very valuable. | |
| Dec 27, 2016 at 16:59 | comment | added | Ooker | Upon the children of that age require repetition at appropriate intervals, actually everybody at any age require repetition at appropriate intervals to remember a thing to the heart. For those who are interested in this, you can google "spaced repetition system" for a solution. | |
| Dec 27, 2016 at 16:13 | vote | accept | davidtgq | ||
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| Dec 27, 2016 at 14:49 | history | answered | James Snell | CC BY-SA 3.0 |