she buys you a domain, sets up a blog, and hands you a camera at the age of 7. Yes, I created a blog for my
7 year old.
The blog is public but I won’t be linking to it from any of my own sites for the sake of his anonymity. He has been running around with the old digital camera all day taking short video clips and snapping pictures all day. The challenge will be to get him to sit and write.
So why am I doing this? It’s a bit of an experiment but primarily a good oportunity for a learning experience for him. I want him to begin to learn to look at the world around him a bit more carefully and with more varied perspective. I’ve found, as I begin to think about my own writing, that I stop and consider things just a bit more. I can see applications of a wide variety of educational compnents in having kids have thier own blogs. Some of the really obvious are technology, writing, and reading. It’s plausible to incorporate critical thinking, science, literature, history, geography, etc.
The experiment side of this is to see if it’s possible for a site with child driven content to attract traffic. He will pick the topics of the postings and I will provide only minimal editing and technology assistance. On the back end his site will utilize all of the same tools for SEO that my own sites have.
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That photo is so freaking cute. LOVE those little feet!
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I think it’s a great idea–a way to simulate his creativity, artistic eye, use of 21st century skills, and very importantly to express his thoughts and ideas in writing. Writing seems to be getting short shrift these days. I hope the experiments works well! I’d love to see what he comes up with.
Judy
whose mother is the anti-geek, but taught her many wonderful things
That’s awesome! What kind of camera did he get? ps: be sure to keep the bathroom door locked for the rest of your life
Much love, xoxo-pm
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Yea!
My oldest is three and I can’t wait until I can get her a blog. The best way to keep kids safe online is to make them familiar…then show them what’s safe. By the time they’re teens they’ll be well aware not to talk to strangers, just like they would be if they were in their own backyard.
That and…well…it keeps them from interrupting you when you’re watching Jerry Springer.
(Just Kidding! I swear!)
I heart you for doing that. Such a total ninja-parenting move!
Sign me up as a geek! I did the same thing. He also has an ancient laptop and a webcam, and I got him a hotmail address when he was born. He’s nine now and thinks I’m incredibly weird for having done this, but I’m banking on him thanking me later.
Thank God I’m not the only one.
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my 5yo has a blog!
he loves it, and it’s been loads of fun for us to read (he lets us)… he’s been reading since the age of 2, and he’s been surfing since he could manage a mouse!
not surprising as he *is* the product of two electrical/computer engineers.
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Congrats on getting your kid to do this!
I’m still having them, ahem, delightful opportunity of telling my 12 year old she really wants to start a blog (because Mom has cut off her allowance and that’s the only way she’ll make money). I think my soon-to-be 7 year old will be far more successful with this during the summer….
Barbara
My daughter, now 15, came up to me a few months ago and told me, “When I was in Kindergarten I told everyone you were a geek because I thought it was your job title.” How sad is that?
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Thanks for the informative post.. and thanks for adding our comment to the blog. That\’s definitely something to think about! I am subscribing to your feed so I don