Thx to all devs ;)
Is it wise to allow a 3 yo to use computers?
I’m not an expert by any means,but digital autism is no joke. This is just too much for their developing brains.
I think it’s likely that the type of content children are exposed to matters more than the medium. Children who are exposed early to digital technology will have an advantage in adapting to our increasingly digital society over those who are prevented from accessing digital media until they are much older.
GCompris is an educational program; it’s not equivalent to watching Spongebob (no offence to Spongebob).
I agree. I was grew up playing lots of games like Incredible Machine, Sim City, Zoo Tycoon, Age of Empires 2, etc. They were technical and challenging mentally. Taught me a lot about money management, logistics, testing theories, and solving puzzles.
I also watched a lot of Nat Geo, Discovery and History Channel, (Before it enshitified) read lots of science encyclopedias and books, used the Encarta CD-ROM encyclopedia often.
My siblings and our friends also played outside a lot. Built forts, played paintball, explored the woods, that kind of stuff.
The medium matters much less than the content.
“Digital Autism” is not supported by current research to be a real thing. Autistic children are more likely to be attracted to technology as a substitute for social interactions though.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2812722
I do hope this had been understood as an IMHO,as usual with there sort of comments.
Interesting conclusion though:
" The results of this systematic review and meta-analysis, including a notable indication for publication bias as well as small and sometimes nonsignificant effect sizes, and the limitations just described suggest that the issue of screen time and ASD is far from being resolved. In fact, the slight superiority (although not statistically significant) of the clinical diagnosis variable over the ASD symptom variable we observed in the meta-regression brings forth the basic obstacle in this field, which relates to the directionality of the association, as discussed at the start of this work. Alongside the displacement hypothesis focused on the potential negative outcomes associated with screens, a large portion of the literature is dedicated to the opposite direction—that is, to the characteristics that draw children with ASD to engage in screen activities.16-18 As concluded in a previous literature review on this topic, children with ASD seem to “show increased interest in screen viewing… [which] begins at a very young age.”18(p308) It is also reasonable to assume that parents of children with clinically diagnosed ASD adopt a relatively permissive position regarding their children’s screen use. It is possible, then, that the observed (bidirectional) association of the current meta-analysis reflects this tendency of children with diagnosed ASD, at least to a certain extent, thus requiring us to continue searching for other explanations for the increasing global rates of ASD. Excessive screen time may indeed come at the expense of positive real-life activities and close familial relationships that could increase ASD risk. However, further research is needed to support this concern, as the increase in ASD prevalence may be attributable to a range of medical, environmental, and societal factors. "
This "Excessive screen time may indeed come at the expense of positive real-life activities and close familial relationships that could increase ASD risk. " still supports my original comment.
Thank you for providing this by the way,but it’s still a debatable topic,with no real conclusion other than it needs more research.
“Excessive screen time may indeed come at the expense of positive real-life activities and close familial relationships that could increase ASD risk.”
You can’t become autistic though. I was born with it, nothing made me autistic.
It’s not “autism”, it’s brainrot induced from preditory content marketed at children.
Elsagate if I remember correctly? It hasn’t gone away
Elsagate is just the tip of the iceberg. It’s not just content engineered to be repulsive and disturbing. The entire industry pushes content ment to be addicting and manipulative.
Spekenze Deutsch?
I got my kid on Gcompris when she was 2.5 year old, and noticed a lot of rough edges UX wise. Small things on how feedback was given to a kid, or the lack of separation between games depending on how suitable they were for different ages.
Still, I choose Gcompris any day over apps design around maximizing endorphin rewards and data collection. I just wish there were more quality FOSS games for toddlers.
Hi, If you go to gcompris setting, at the bottom you can choose the difficuly level by setting stars quantities.
Teach your child to cover front-facing cameras with tape.
On a laptop running Linux?
Front-facing cameras should not exist. Yes, on everything.
Did xz not just happen?
Physically block the light.
If someone has enough access to your system to covertly use the camera, then the camera is the last thing you need to worry about.
Nobody is interested in looking at you. Getting your payment data, or private data, that is much more interesting.
There are scammers who want your masturbation recorded. The Chinese Communist Party has a face database for surveillance.
And if they have access to your computer, they can get much more useful information, both for extortion and surveillance.
Nah, no reason to downplay webcams.
The average user’d probably get ransomware attack. And if not, cam girl scams. I’d have a look on r/scam rather than argue theoretical worst cases.
Why would you give them that extra inch though? Cover your cameras.
I have no idea why this is causing some weird controversy. Strange arguments out there.
You do you as we live in a free world. The only thing I would be concerned about it if it was illegal to cover your camera
You do you as we live in a free world.
You don’t know where I live.
The only thing I would be concerned about it if it was illegal to cover your camera
You not concerned about the possibility of someone spying on you? Regardless, treating cameras as eyes is damn good practice.
I’m fairly certain xz wasn’t exfiltrating camera feeds…
Intel and AMD firmware’s have been having exploits discovered all over the news in recent years. Yes, for older processors and chipsets, but tell me, is all your hardware brand new?
If your network is properly set up, would that matter?
Its not the people with properly-configured networks demanding to be convinced to cover their webcams. Also, our PCs are generally not the devices we’re slapping into DMZs and VLANs with either no LAN access, no internet access, or a bajillion blocked(or whitelisted) ports.
Personally, I’m far more concerned about my phone, but google has had my family’s data by the balls forever now anyways, nevermind my kids’ school-provided chromebooks.
Pretty sure someone who is giving their kids a Linux laptop knows enough to set up a firewall on their network…
That’s not the point. The point is “linux” is not reason to inherently trust a system.
Cover your cameras (as a compromise to ripping them out with a soldering iron).
Staying away from Microshit and rotten apple is good and all, I do it myself, but…give him time outside to play without screens 🥺
Really, one photo is proof the kid doesn’t play outside?
Ofc, this is the internet after all
My 9 year old is growing up too fast. We set up a laptop for her today and she didn’t want to install GCompris or Ktuberling.
My 8yrs still tinker with Gcompris a little but mostly play with Scratch Jr, emulators and web games
how cute is that?!
