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RE: My Kids Want My Old College Computer - Plus Track Loader Update 📷 [Video inside]
My 12-yr-old son sounds like yours.
He started taking apart remote-control toys when he was really young. We would pick up cheap or free broken ones at garage sales, and he would use the parts that he could to create one that worked.
Just this week I got a new computer for myself.
He did all the research, picked out all the components that I needed, and assembled it himself.
It's awesome to have a child capable of all that!
Oh -- and he was operating an excavator when he was 9-yrs-old better than many adult operators.
My husband is an excavator operator, and showed a video to his boss of our 9-yr-old on it, and the boss said that he was doing better than some of the men he had hired in the past. ... lol ...
That's fantastic! That's what happens when you instill a love of learning in a child instead of subjecting them to only programming. There is a family nearby that runs a logging operation and the 14 year old and 17 year old both run heavy equipment.
That's a great learning opportunity for them. Wow!
And people worry that unschooled or homeschooled children won't be able to get a good job ... HA!
I once heard a controversial radio host say that the dumbing down of America's youth will only give an ease of success to those whose parents took their education seriously. My 10 year old reads better than most public high schoolers.
Each child/person has their own strengths to build on.
My 12-year-old is not strong in reading,
and I'm okay with that!
I think that he will be a great reader in his own time.
But he is on his own time-table
and tinkering with things along with other interests is where his focus is at this point in his life.
That's awesome that your 10-yr-old excels in reading!
Absolutely. We are big fans of finding the interest and strengths in a child and letting them go all out! We really like following you and your posts!