Too Many Computers Hurt Learning 935
An anonymous reader writes "The Christian Science Monitor is running a story on a recent University of Munich study of school children in 31 countries that found a correlation between frequent computer usage and poor academic performance. Having more than one computer in the home was found to be particularly bad news! For those Slashdotters with children, how do you deal with your kids' computer use?"
Re:Thank you, but no (Score:2, Funny)
Let me just express my disliking of you, says the 50th percentile
Re:Thank you, but no (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Thank you, but no (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Nature of computer usage changed. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Nature of computer usage changed. (Score:1, Funny)
Why even ask? (Score:5, Funny)
1) Turn off the computer(s)
2) Date (or more accurately, find a girl desperate enough to go out with us)
3) Turn off the computer(s) and go out long enough to have a serious relationship
4) Marry (nowadays optional)
5) Turn off the computer(s)and actually make kids
6) Give up control of one or more of *your* computer(s) so that the aforementioned hypothetical kids can get on the computer(s) so that later, as you realize there is more to parenting than sitting them in front of a computer screen the entire day, you can kick them off
Sounds like a long shot to me.
Re:Hrmm (Score:2, Funny)
Enjoy getting dialects to work, too.
Re:Hrmm (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Nature of computer usage changed. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Hrmm (Score:2, Funny)
This is slashdot, that's pretty much a given.
Re:Hrmm (Score:3, Funny)
Re:We have a few rules, and it works (Score:5, Funny)
Then what the heck are you doing here?
Re:I am a teacher (Score:2, Funny)
Well, that's only natural. Cock and Ball Torture would make me perform worse in school, too.
Re:Hrmm (Score:1, Funny)
Don't forget urban english, farmer english, southern english, chat room english, outsourced tech support english...
Re:Nature of computer usage changed. (Score:2, Funny)
Finally, a good use for Windows XP Starter Edition! [slashdot.org]
Re:We have a few rules, and it works (Score:2, Funny)
I think you misspelled "DoubleStandard".
Re:Hrmm (Score:3, Funny)
Can't be truu (Score:3, Funny)
Computer geeks, play with your kids! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Hrmm (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Nature of computer usage changed. (Score:1, Funny)
One word: firewall. On my home LAN, when the 16 yo Boy's grades start to fall [like recently], his machine is blocked from any access to the Internet except for mail. he still has the ability to use OpenOffice and other things he needs, but the Internet is gone [while I sit in the other room and can still use it].
My 12 yo daughter typically has better grades, but more of a disrespect of parental authority thing. When that flares up, I change her password. She gets it back when her behavior improves.