Guide to choosing a computer system for your child Before going further into choosing computers for children, I believe that you would like to know
answer to following question:
Why do children need computers?
The easiest answer for this one is: “A child needs a computer so that he can play computer games”. Everybody agrees. Nevertheless, let’s not just limit on short term use of computer… Let’s analyze a little world we live in and see what can acomputer do for children.
Computers are starting to have more and more importance in our daily life. Almost everywhere you go, you find computers. At office or at home, a computer is almost indispensable.
Not knowing to use a computer, you find many difficulties. Moreover, things will not get easier in future, because world is getting more and more computerized. That is why your child should get accustomed and work with computers from an early age. If your child does this, it will be much easier for him to adapt to ever-changing technology.
Educational products are nowadays released mostly on computer CD's.
More and more educational products for children are now released in form of programs and electronic encyclopedias and can only be viewed with a computer, somehow forcing you to buy a computer for your child. Unlike traditional learning methods, learning with a computer has advantage of interactivity. Children love to learn with computers, because they can control way they learn and what they learn.
Of course, a child will use a computer mainly to play computer games. At first, computer will be for your child like a more expensive toy. The computer will be his favorite toy. Your child will play computer games entire day. However, after a while, child will settle down and start exploring other sides of computer.
