Teaching my nephew about Bitcoin

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It wasn't a debate OP if it is right or wrong to teach a kid like 11 years old because as long as he is able to understand it and has an interest in learning this, that is really a good chance. In fact, it is all about learning the basic things about Bitcoin, it is all about spreading the right information so he can make use of it to correct someone who does and spread wrong information. Might we be doubtful about the result because of his young age but I see this is even better to start from an empty mind than those who have already negativity inside as they will able to learn fast and absorb the information.

Good ideas when teaching OP's nephew about Bitcoin but based on term of service several exchange market need KYC procedure and allowed above 18+ years only. I think teaching 11 years old kids is have problem when deposit or withdrawing BTC assets however he hasn't bank account or not possibility passing KYC with exchange market account. But have positive side when teaching 11 years old kids with Bitcoin because they can understand early about Bitcoin what kinds is it.

I don't think with 11 years old kids easy understand about how complicated with Bitcoin, I know with Bitcoin after passing collage and little difficult to understand how Bitcoin working and earn profit trough without haven't capital for trading or investing in Bitcoin.

[len01]

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Even though some people disagree with your opinion about giving basic bitcoin knowledge to your 11 year old nephew, I support you. because I myself have a 9 year old son and I have given him basic knowledge about saving in bitcoin. even though it looks like imposing too much on minors, but it's better than teaching spending money just for snacks.
but back to your nephew, if one day he starts to get bored or bored with the lessons about bitcoin that you give, try to understand and let him be free for a while. I'm sure, if a minor has an interest in saving his money in bitcoin (like my child) of course every time he will always ask all the time about bitcoin.
keep sharing your good experiences with others mate

[Sanitough]

I really can't tell from the picture, but I hope your nephew isn't like too young for you to introduce Bitcoin. Personally, I'd say a minimum of 15-16 years old. Any younger than that, they would probably have a hard time understanding as they probably don't even have a slight idea on how traditional currencies work.

Not really sure but I think the kid in the picture is still aging below 15 years old so most likely, his interest is still into games, and not in into finances and currency. Although your idea is good OP but the timing is not yet appropriate to his age. Let him ask first what he wants so you can assess what to teach to him.

[Kasabus]

...He was given piles of books to read and feed his curiosity about science and some mechanical activities taking place around his environment.

He spends his free time reading and watching lots of science videos on YouTube. ...

So, he is 11YO. Wow, reading how they give the kid activity, I don't know, but isn't it too hard? But, well come back there again that your nephew has been analyzed as that, and probably his hobby is like that. But, did you ask him about what he wants instead of giving him activities referring to the results of the program? I mean, sometimes, kids still want to play more instead of learning, however, giving him piles of books and learning about those hard materials is. Wow, this doesn't force him to work harder?

I know that learning from earlier may be important, and introducing him to BItcoin and crypto technology from earlier may be not wrong. This can be a way to teach him about it. But please, you need to give him a more interesting strategy to make him not really pressure or to be more excited for learning and plaing ta once. But, I really appreciate this effort to intrude about BItcoin ealeir.

Although OP has a good intention for his nephew but I think the way he introduced bitcoin to the kid is not quite interesting. It should be taught more with colorful pictures and videos since the learner is still very young. And most probably, if the kid is still 11 years old, his interest with cryptocurrency is hardly developed yet, and he prefers more on games than serious topics like cryptocurrency.

[Mahanton]

...He was given piles of books to read and feed his curiosity about science and some mechanical activities taking place around his environment.

He spends his free time reading and watching lots of science videos on YouTube. ...

So, he is 11YO. Wow, reading how they give the kid activity, I don't know, but isn't it too hard? But, well come back there again that your nephew has been analyzed as that, and probably his hobby is like that. But, did you ask him about what he wants instead of giving him activities referring to the results of the program? I mean, sometimes, kids still want to play more instead of learning, however, giving him piles of books and learning about those hard materials is. Wow, this doesn't force him to work harder?

I know that learning from earlier may be important, and introducing him to BItcoin and crypto technology from earlier may be not wrong. This can be a way to teach him about it. But please, you need to give him a more interesting strategy to make him not really pressure or to be more excited for learning and plaing ta once. But, I really appreciate this effort to intrude about BItcoin ealeir.

Although OP has a good intention for his nephew but I think the way he introduced bitcoin to the kid is not quite interesting. It should be taught more with colorful pictures and videos since the learner is still very young. And most probably, if the kid is still 11 years old, his interest with cryptocurrency is hardly developed yet, and he prefers more on games than serious topics like cryptocurrency.

Actually still depend on how he had able to represent but its true that for an 11 year old children then it would really be that not precise nor good on getting its attention on this way.
I agree that it should be somewhat that colorful or something that presentable where you would really be getting along with a minor.For sure it wont really be that easy
to understand on the first place specially if its your first time but every steps or actions that had been made, as long it do really touch out the essence
on spreading up exposure and awareness is always been a commendable thing.

[Finestream]

I don't like the learning method like the OP did for his nephew, looks ancient for something as digitalization related as bitcoin. But there's nothing wrong if it's actually an initial introduction to bitcoin, but it would be better if they learned it directly online with a method that is easier to understand. Also I don't think everyone will be interested in the technicalities of bitcoin so teaching anything broader than the basics would be very difficult and tedious.

I've never done what the OP did to anyone, this is not a practical way to teach someone about bitcoin. I tend to ask someone who wants to learn about bitcoin to read, and they're allowed to get an explanation of what's stumping them. The initial stages are nothing more than basic, but if they are interested in the technicalities then they can enter at next stages.

Bitcoin is always an exciting topic but for only those who have high interest in crypto and traditional currency. However, for a kid that seems so young, I guess teaching bitcoin is not yet the right time to do. Or you can ask him if he really want to learn bitcoin at his young age, because I believe in most of his age, traditional games are still his high interest, or let’s say those online games that he can play in his gadget.

[Sebas.tian]

Nice work OP, I believe your nephew will never forget these day that you impacted him a great future into his life, that his generation will love to hear the story. I think, before he will get to 15 or 16 years he will get master of Bitcoin, and how someone can use it positively in the community to attract other people to be part of the progress in the society. If your nephew can keep to those things you teach him, and put them in practice morning and night, I think he will be a better person in the community because many people are looking for a good teacher like you who can teach their children about Bitcoin at their age so that when they get to 17 or 18 years they will become a good bitcoiners.

[Obari]

You've done noble and I wouldn't stand to condemn your act but the truth also be told, this kids shouldn't be bombarded with a while lot of things based on some assumptions and our own major beliefs.
You stated that "if you've known Bitcoin earlier, you would have gotten upto 1 or 2 Bitcoin by now" and you also added no regrets but I think you're making lots of regrets and now want to correct them through your nephew.
This isn't catching them young as you should also know that crypto currency has a while lot to do with our mental and emotional state of being and one should be of age before engaging them of such.
Rather than bombarding him with lots of cryprocurrency stuffs while not let him grow and you guide him and try to help him discover what he loves.
You should also know that, there no free Bitcoin no more and this knowledge you're trying to impact In him wouldn't be relevant without money.

[Iranus]

I really can't tell from the picture, but I hope your nephew isn't like too young for you to introduce Bitcoin. Personally, I'd say a minimum of 15-16 years old. Any younger than that, they would probably have a hard time understanding as they probably don't even have a slight idea on how traditional currencies work.

Not really sure but I think the kid in the picture is still aging below 15 years old so most likely, his interest is still into games, and not in into finances and currency. Although your idea is good OP but the timing is not yet appropriate to his age. Let him ask first what he wants so you can assess what to teach to him.

OP's nephew is 11 years old and I can tell he's too young to absorb the concepts of bitcoin or currency, with a kid like that you don't even need to ask him what he wants. Let us put ourselves in the shoes of the boy's age group, they are just like we were when we were kids, they love to play games and have fun with their friends just like us. At that age all are not aware enough to realize how important bitcoin is. Like in the field of education, why does the Ministry of Education assign different levels of education for each age group? We need to learn to crawl, learn to walk before we learn to run. You can't run until you know how to walk.

[Subbir]

It is a very good idea to teach him about bitcoin in the future he will grow up and have a good life but your nephew is too young a fixed age is required. At such a young age he will not be able to master many things he is still a child and should focus on his real education. There will be a lot of problems to teach if the age is young it is necessary to wait till the prescribed age.

[mrongoz_imut]

It is a very good idea to teach him about bitcoin in the future he will grow up and have a good life but your nephew is too young a fixed age is required. At such a young age he will not be able to master many things he is still a child and should focus on his real education. There will be a lot of problems to teach if the age is young it is necessary to wait till the prescribed age.

Introducing your nephew to bitcoin is very positive, but my advice is if your nephew is under 11 years old, never force him to focus too much on learning bitcoin, you just teach him the basics of bitcoin and teach it. he how bitcoin works, because children have their own world to play and learn about the education they like, we may teach them about bitcoin for them but we must not take their playing time, because children's world is a world of play.

[Antonas1]

It wasn't a debate OP if it is right or wrong to teach a kid like 11 years old because as long as he is able to understand it and has an interest in learning this, that is really a good chance. In fact, it is all about learning the basic things about Bitcoin, it is all about spreading the right information so he can make use of it to correct someone who does and spread wrong information. Might we be doubtful about the result because of his young age but I see this is even better to start from an empty mind than those who have already negativity inside as they will able to learn fast and absorb the information.

And the fact is, children like OP's nephew need basic subjects such as math, physics, biology, social skills, practice to solve problems, and play something. If we talk about the evolution of technology (not only Blockchain and Bitcoin) all that basic is needed.
Help kids find their talents, not decide what their talents are.

[Ayers]

It wasn't a debate OP if it is right or wrong to teach a kid like 11 years old because as long as he is able to understand it and has an interest in learning this, that is really a good chance. In fact, it is all about learning the basic things about Bitcoin, it is all about spreading the right information so he can make use of it to correct someone who does and spread wrong information. Might we be doubtful about the result because of his young age but I see this is even better to start from an empty mind than those who have already negativity inside as they will able to learn fast and absorb the information.

And the fact is, children like OP's nephew need basic subjects such as math, physics, biology, social skills, practice to solve problems, and play something. If we talk about the evolution of technology (not only Blockchain and Bitcoin) all that basic is needed.
Help kids find their talents, not decide what their talents are.

If OP teaches him about technology it should be encouraged as technology is definitely what we need in any environment, technology is no different than water in our daily life, we would not be able to live without technology. But OP is teaching him about bitcoin, being part of finance, is a risky investment. I don't think such a kid can understand bitcoin. Even investors like us don't fully understand what bitcoin is, we are here simply for profit and our job is to see bitcoin chart every day. Bitcoin and crypto have not been applied much in life, and not everyone needs them. That is true.

[Mamun74]

I think, this idea is very easy to learning someone about bitcoin. But if he/she is over 13 years then i Think, this technique is good for them.My old experienced is so near with you.I believe it if anyone know abut bitcoin in 4-5, years then i Think is master of bitcoin. Everyone know bitcoin is most valuable and most profitable coin.Many people's are interesting to learn about bitcoin nowadays.

[rby]

I think, this idea is very easy to learning someone about bitcoin. But if he/she is over 13 years then i Think, this technique is good for them.My old experienced is so near with you.I believe it if anyone know abut bitcoin in 4-5, years then i Think is master of bitcoin. Everyone know bitcoin is most valuable and most profitable coin.Many people's are interesting to learn about bitcoin nowadays.

It does necessarily need to be 4-5 years, anyone that is serious about learning bitcoin with consistency. Few weeks or months is good for the person, that is if the person wants to learn the technical things of bitcoin. Otherwise if it is a general knowledge of bitcoin, one day is enough to learn.
It is not something you start early to teach a child that is supposed to be playing with his mates or playing with toys.
Someone that hasn't faced life and started paying bills will not know the importance of investment.

[Zilon]

Using a board and paper method to teach a kid of 11 years about Bitcoin and blockchain looks boring and time wasting. Children learn through fanciful pictorial representations a colourful image of Bitcoin would have sent more information than all the lengthy messages. Judging by the child's sitting posture it is clear he was only paying attention as a sign of respect.

[sulendra12]

Feel like lot of stuff to learn especially with the look of your nephew in that picture, would probably too young to consume "advanced" knowledge especially in technology aspect, if he is fine with it then it is okay I guess?

But I would personally give them more time to actually prepare themselves before they are ready with this kind of stuff. More adoption is great but they have better something to do instead of learning bitcoin immediately where they could probably learn it when they are more matured and have free time.

[Hamphser]

Using a board and paper method to teach a kid of 11 years about Bitcoin and blockchain looks boring and time wasting. Children learn through fanciful pictorial representations a colourful image of Bitcoin would have sent more information than all the lengthy messages. Judging by the child's sitting posture it is clear he was only paying attention as a sign of respect.

Getting the attention of a young or youth wont really be that easy as you would need to get its interest and its true on that point where showing off those pile of text or having that very long and boring
lectures would really just make things more harder.We do already have lots of videos on internet or even on youtube which do really present out Bitcoin on more colorful way.
This would really be sparking out some interest which would make things more simpler if you are really that like for him to understand on things.
Everything that do really talks about sharing opportunity does really means that it do really adds up that recognition and awareness towards crypto space specially with Bitcoin.
Whether we are teaching our newphew or even older people like our uncles and other relatives.Doesnt matter if on how you would be doing these things.

[landheer]

young people being educated about bitcoin is something very good. young people can know broadly what bitcoin is and can be understood fluently by them. especially at a young age, is an age where there is always an extraordinary curiosity about something that makes them curious.

but of course not all children will like lessons that discuss bitcoin, because most of what children like is playing, but there are also children who like
lesson about bitcoins.
so of course I think it all depends on the will and circumstances. so there is no element of coercion. but it would be great if there were children who were willing and willing to learn about bitcoin. because if a young person wants to learn about bitcoin, of course the child will be good for the future, especially in terms of investing in bitcoin.

[mich]

I think this is a great idea for you to teach your nephew about Bitcoin when he's such a young age. A friend of mine I am trying to become more interested in Bitcoin is a fan of AI so there is something I got for him.
I recommend a book, I really enjoyed ‘The Age of AI: And Our Human Future’ by Henry Kissinger and several other great thinkers as well. I really enjoyed it and if your friend is interested in Crypto like me chances are he’s fascinated by the exploration of all the ways AI will shape our human society.
I have bought tons of books for people over the years and sometimes I do have doubts they read them but I still like giving books because they’re physical and something I can wrap.