The New York Times Nick Bilton was discussing the iPad with Steve Jobs in 2010 when the late Apple founderrevealed something about his family Bilton never would have expected. The device, Apples first tablet, had just been released, so Bilton assumed Jobs kids would be among the first to play with it. But Jobstold him, They haven't used it. We limit how much technology our kids use at home.
Bilton then confessed that this couldnt have been further from what he imagined Jobs home to be like, to which Jobs confirmed that technology had only a small presence in the lives of his children. This inspired the journalist and bestselling author of Hatching Twitter to ask the same thing of other executives in the technology industry. Much to his surprise, they were just as concerned as Jobs was of the damage their own products could do to a childs mind. Chris Anderson is the former editor of Wired and current CEO of drone manufacturer 3D Robotics, and he enforces strict limits on how much time his kids spend in front of a screen. Hetold Bilton, My kids accuse me and my wife of being fascists and overly concerned about tech, and they say that none of their friends have the same rules. That's because we have seen the dangers of technology firsthand. I've seen it in myself, I don't want to see that happen to my kids.
The same goes for Twitter cofounder Evan Williams and CEO Dick Costolo. Williams was proud to say that his two young boys dont have iPads because he feels the tablets could never teach them as much as the hundreds of books in their home. Costolo doesnt impose limits on his two teenagers but only allows them to use their devices as long as they are in the living room and thus are able to be supervised. Limits, he says, have proven to have the reverse effect in many cases. Costolo said,
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When I was at the University of Michigan, there was this guy who lived in the dorm next to me and he had cases and cases of Coca-Cola and other sodas in his room. I later found out that it was because his parents had never let him have soda when he was growing up. If you don't let your kids have some exposure to this stuff, what problems does it cause later?
Jobs, on the other hand, was very pleased with how his children behaved as a result of his rules. Walter Isaacson, the author of Jobs biography Steve Jobs, told Bilton that Jobs kids did not have the low attention spans one would think. He said, Every evening Steve made a point of having dinner at the big long table in their kitchen, discussing books and history and a variety of things. No one ever pulled out an iPad or computer. The kids did not seem addicted at all to devices.
If only the rest of the world had known that when Jobs said he wanted to change our lives completely, he probably wasnt referencing those who arent old enough to drive. viaNew York Times, Photo Courtesy:Wikipedia Read more:http://elitedaily.com/news/technology/steve-jobs-limited-kids-technology/756277/ Surprisingly, Steve Jobs Didn't Let His Kids Use A Lot Of Apple Gadgets At Home To read more on this topic click here
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