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I am 13 and have been brought up on it.
When you look at the jobs that are available for me when 16 then it is a good thing.

i started about 5years ago .Playing games and the rest is history. don’t worry if you have one at home press the button to start and just keep clicking away its good for your mind its good for yourself and its good for the children seeing their Mum or Dad not staying behind in this time and age look I’m 67 and still learning.Good luck …..

You’ve not seen it all, I always known my parent would be happy If im better but now that you mention it, i have to say everytime I ride my Dirtbike my dad always look strange at me, I know what he mean now, atleast I do mybeeeeeeee not 0.0

hey you should be happy they might be better than bill gates someday and you’ll the richest mom mybe mY GOd Help you

my dad is better at computers than me lol.

so just take a computer course at a community college or technical school. your kids need to know computers if they don’t want to function in society or have decent-paying jobs.

are you worried they’re spending too much time on the pc? or into dangerous stuff?

** that would be ‘want’ not ‘don’t want’** my bad.

lol.

I train people how to use their computers for a living, and have for about 13 years now.

Here’s the thing a lot of people don’t realize: kids tend to be very *comfortable* with the computer, and they use it very confidently, but it doesn’t mean they know what they’re doing.

You’d be amazed at how poorly a lot of kids use their computers; they just look like they know what they’re doing, but often they make worse mistakes than people over 40 who didn’t grow up with computers because the over-40s tend to be more cautious, more and more so as you get into older age groups like 60s and 70s.

While seniors tend to be way more cautious and apprehensive than they probably need to be, the kids are just as bad in the opposite way — careless and running headlong into trouble because they think they know it all.

I can tell you as someone who has made his living training people on computers, repairing them, and fixing messes caused by users, just because your kids seem like they know what they’re doing, don’t assume they’re experts.

The fact is, they may be better than you, but it’s because of their mental attitude more than anything else.

There’s a good article on this very thing. You should be able to find it if you Google the phrase:

a simple secret to improving your computer skills

Gives some good tips about helping get the right attitude to make it easier to learn the computer, plus tips on avoiding problems when you do. And it’s a real easy, fun read.

Good luck, and remember not to beat yourself up over it. :)