Laptops for Kids. Two Computers for $399.
Posted on 10 30, 2007 under Doodads, Technology by reviewdad | CommentsKids love computers…and understandably so…they love them for the same reasons you do – they’re shiny, makes funny noises, have lots of blinking lights and let them do all kinds of cool things. If the computer hasn’t become central to your kids’ lives yet, it will soon.
And therein lies a dilemma for you:
You know that computers and kids can be a great combination. They can help make learning fun, encourage self-expression, facilitate problem solving and over a lifetime help overcome barriers to entry into the global workforce. You also know that any delicate (and often temperamental) technology and kids can be a recipe for disaster or at least an expensive service call to Geek Squad.
Computers – especially laptops – were not designed with kids in mind. You don’t want sticky hands all over your nice glossy 15.4 screen and unless you own a Panasonic Toughbook, you’re pretty sure it won’t fare well in an “unplanned drop test.”
So what to do? You either designate an older machine as theirs, hope for the best and patch it back together after an “incident” or nervously hover over yours like a news chopper over a high-speed chase – where it goes you go. Bummer that nobody makes a “kidputer.”
Unless you are raising kids in the middle of the Sahara, your kids will be around water. It could be an ocean, a lake or pond, or just a swimming pool but regardless, learning to swim is a very important thing for your kids to learn. 
