Don't Force Your Children to Learn Bitcoin

[HONDACD125]

I think it's better not to discuss Bitcoin in front of children because when they understand better, if they are taught something about Bitcoin, they will accept it. And it's not fair to push at a young age, but I've seen a lot of cartoons being made these days about Bitcoin teaching kids. If kids get some ideas from watching those cut videos then they will definitely be able to acquire some good knowledge about Bitcoin when they reach their age. That's why it's best not to teach Bitcoin to very young children,

It is right that it should never be forced, but if you think about it, there are many people around us who have lack of money and their children hardly meet the education expenses. Those who are not short of money have their children pursuing their studies without any worries, but there are also children who are unable to meet their educational expenses and are working alongside their studies to meet their expenses.

I have seen many such children grow up and become successful in their lives, because they take responsibility on their shoulders from a young age. So there's nothing wrong with talking to kids about Bitcoin, because now when we look back at the history of Bitcoin, it makes us sad. If our parents or close people had told us about it when it was trading at 0.2dollars in 2009 and if we had invested even a little bit of our pocket money in Bitcoin, how much would we have profited today. So instead of keeping children ignorant of Bitcoin, they should be taught about Bitcoin.

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[HelliumZ]

Putting extra pressure on children will change the mentality of children, so putting extra pressure on children should never be done as a guardian. Each of our guardians should play an important role in the development of children's mind-set. Children should naturally acquire education according to the educational syllabus of their institution. If children are increasingly stressed about Bitcoin and Blockchain, they will not be able to learn their class studies and will instead become mentally ill due to the extra stress.

[Gaza13]

There's nothing wrong with teaching Bitcoin to our children, as long as we know they can absorb it. Why not? Now, we, as parents, will know whether or not our children can understand what we are saying.

Because I plan to do it, I will not immediately tell him about bitcoin, but what I will do is familiarize him with the usages of bitcoin until the day comes when my son himself has curiosity about bitcoin. and when that happens, I will start to explain to him little by little about Bitcoin. Because Bitcoin is not easy to understand, and that's the truth.

If we teach our children when they are still in elementary school, I don't think the children will be interested, because their world is still a game world, Yes, I agree with you, if your child is older, there's no harm in teaching him, Parents slowly teach our children about the world of investment, if they keep asking questions out of curiosity, we continue to educate our children, How about this investment in the next 10 years the value will increase, and the assets remain the same, while teaching you about the concept of money, This is not in school lessons. Maybe children trust their parents more than their teachers at school. and it is through this investment that we can fight inflation. Money keeps going down every year. Another reason is to invest at a young age, you can pursue your dreams and prepare for your old age with financial freedom

[Etranger]

Children should naturally acquire education according to the educational syllabus of their institution.

Acquiring education according to the educational syllabus of their institution never comes naturally. This is very artificial activity, because every institution has its own view in education process, and it can not be guaranteed that this way will suit for the specific child. I don't see anything wrong with kids getting some extra education, including about crypto. But sure, it doesn't have to be about forcing them.

[DabsPoorVersion]

Children should naturally acquire education according to the educational syllabus of their institution.

Acquiring education according to the educational syllabus of their institution never comes naturally. This is very artificial activity, because every institution has its own view in education process, and it can not be guaranteed that this way will suit for the specific child. I don't see anything wrong with kids getting some extra education, including about crypto. But sure, it doesn't have to be about forcing them.

There's nothing wrong with giving your child knowledge that includes crypto. We all know this is not commonly taught/included when they grow up unless they see it somewhere or are told by someone else.

If the child shows interest in cryptocurrency once being told, it's a good sign. But yes, if the kids do not show any interest, forcing them will only lead to a negative result. Let them make their own path to knowing Bitcoin. Let them learn on their own, if your child does ask for your help for clarification and a clear explanation, give it to them without forcing.

[krishnaverma]

Teaching children on bitcoin is like the latest threads in the forum. It is good to tell our children about bitcoin in their tender ages but destiny is not something you force someone to achieve. Just like the general saying that "You can take a horse to the river but you cannot force it to drink the water". That's, it is good to tell your children about bitcoin but you cannot force him or her to learn bitcoin if it is not in the mind of the child and if that is not the child's calling in life.

Just like another instant again, it is a Ghanaian Play called "Sons and Daughters by Joe De Graft". The father wanted his daughter to study law while the some for medicine but the boy wanted to study Fine and Applied Arts while the girl wanted to study Theatre Arts but the father refused. There was a day the boy's friend drew Ghanaian President and the picture was bought with a very big amounts of money which was about millions and it was broadcasted on National TV and Radio Stations and the father heard about the news and he called his children and advised them to study what they like.

I think that play is a very big lesson to everyone in the contemporary world. So if your children are not interested to learn bitcoin please don't force them. Everyone has their own destiny.

There is no benefit of forcing anything on children. They pick things based on their interest. If we force anything like Bitcoin on them, it will be with them for short time but they will leave it later. On the other hand, if they pick something of choice, they will have understanding of it for life.

[bakasabo]

There are strong phrases "Like father, like son" and "apple does not fall far from the apple tree", which means we should not force our kids to learn about Bitcoin, but if they see we are into it, they will eventually start to show interest to it also. We all know that kids switch on their protective feature against everything that is forces to do, and that gives rise to hostility. Moreover, Bitcoin is not the most important knowledge for kids to learn. They have plenty of other necessities to learn about. So I would not rush to learn about Bitcoin and wait until kid shows interest to it on his own. That is the only moment parent should join the process.

[inthelongrun]

In modern countries, this is not even a topic due to its obvious answer. But in many developing and poor countries, people will try to groom their children into something too early giving them no other choices to discover their inner gifts and skills.

Just today I saw an online friend posting about how young his 16-year-old kid retired into amateur boxing. The kid last month won a silver medal in our yearly national tournament which is already a huge accomplishment. But deep beneath, I can feel that the kid does not want what he is doing. My friend own a boxing gym before and he loves boxing which is why he wanted badly for his kid to become a boxer.

[EluguHcman]

You made a very viable point @ OP but the truth is that investing on Bitcoin has nothing to do with destiny because it doesn't require special skills neither does it it requires a personal momentum.
Though it could be tough to some person's to exhibit the possessional PATIENT requirements with the hope to make profits in the Bitcoin marketing industry but never the less, still, all factions and systems of making money is still required patient unless even at those who indulgence in illegalities, patient to planning to succeed as thought is highily required.
Though my point shouldn't is not termed to compromise the contents and of OPs contexts.
Bitcoin is an investment and not a carrier. That is why people on different sources could diversify their investments to have a path to Bitcoin investments because it is flexible despites the technicality to handling.

[libert19]

For tender minds, it's better to do things around them that you want them to do than rather say/force anything. If someone from family were to be into Bitcoin than high chances child will get to know about it and might get into it as well.

[JollyGood]

Teaching children on bitcoin is like the latest threads in the forum. It is good to tell our children about bitcoin in their tender ages but destiny is not something you force someone to achieve. Just like the general saying that "You can take a horse to the river but you cannot force it to drink the water". That's, it is good to tell your children about bitcoin but you cannot force him or her to learn bitcoin if it is not in the mind of the child and if that is not the child's calling in life.

To a degree, I absolutely agree with the sentiments you have expressed but at some stage (depending on their age) I think it becomes a very relevant conversation to have. The world is changing and if we as adults to not pass on relevant information and historical facts related to finance and social/politics to the next generation we will probably be doing a disservice to them.

I think that play is a very big lesson to everyone in the contemporary world. So if your children are not interested to learn bitcoin please don't force them.Everyone has their own destiny.

Sure, if they are not interested they should not be forced to learn about Bitcoin or crypto, however I would state that if there is a subtle way to guide them to bring some sort of broad information to their knowledge it might not be a bad thing. After all, if they state they do not want to learn about crypto surely the appropriate thing to do would be to ask "why" and then have that conversation that you seem to not want to have.

[angrybirdy]

In modern countries, this is not even a topic due to its obvious answer. But in many developing and poor countries, people will try to groom their children into something too early giving them no other choices to discover their inner gifts and skills.

Just today I saw an online friend posting about how young his 16-year-old kid retired into amateur boxing. The kid last month won a silver medal in our yearly national tournament which is already a huge accomplishment. But deep beneath, I can feel that the kid does not want what he is doing. My friend own a boxing gym before and he loves boxing which is why he wanted badly for his kid to become a boxer.

That's how society runs nowadays, some parents wants to teach their child on the things that a child shouldn't have done because of their age but for me, it's better to learn while they are still young and it also depends to a child if they really want to pursue learning on the things that they aren't familiar yet. Again, it depends to a child so don't force someone to do something if they don't really want to. Gaining knowledge and experiences at the young age may gives a benefit to them once they are growing up and facing the real life.

[Dimitri94]

Teaching children on bitcoin is like the latest threads in the forum. It is good to tell our children about bitcoin in their tender ages but destiny is not something you force someone to achieve. Just like the general saying that "You can take a horse to the river but you cannot force it to drink the water". That's, it is good to tell your children about bitcoin but you cannot force him or her to learn bitcoin if it is not in the mind of the child and if that is not the child's calling in life.

Just like another instant again, it is a Ghanaian Play called "Sons and Daughters by Joe De Graft". The father wanted his daughter to study law while the some for medicine but the boy wanted to study Fine and Applied Arts while the girl wanted to study Theatre Arts but the father refused. There was a day the boy's friend drew Ghanaian President and the picture was bought with a very big amounts of money which was about millions and it was broadcasted on National TV and Radio Stations and the father heard about the news and he called his children and advised them to study what they like.

I think that play is a very big lesson to everyone in the contemporary world. So if your children are not interested to learn bitcoin please don't force them. Everyone has their own destiny.

There is no benefit of forcing anything on children. They pick things based on their interest. If we force anything like Bitcoin on them, it will be with them for short time but they will leave it later. On the other hand, if they pick something of choice, they will have understanding of it for life.

I don't think there is any point to force anyone to explain Bitcoin. Moreover, I don't think it is necessary to explain this to those who are in a minor state. Attention should be paid to whether they are developing properly at this time. If we think that if we give knowledge about Bitcoin to our children from now then that child will get better understanding about Bitcoin in future this idea is totally wrong. Until a child is mature or capable of understanding, we should not force them in any way. Of course Bitcoin can make a significant contribution to a person's future career, but only after a certain period of time they will be worthy to understand it.

[CageMabok]

Putting extra pressure on children will change the mentality of children, so putting extra pressure on children should never be done as a guardian. Each of our guardians should play an important role in the development of children's mind-set. Children should naturally acquire education according to the educational syllabus of their institution. If children are increasingly stressed about Bitcoin and Blockchain, they will not be able to learn their class studies and will instead become mentally ill due to the extra stress.

There is time for children to learn all the knowledge that can be useful for them in the future, meaning that if children are still in school and still in elementary school, there is clearly no need to give them too heavy a mental burden. Because their minds must be focused more on learning to read, count, write and how to analyze a problem so that they can be sufficiently prepared when we provide knowledge that they are not used to learning.

And when they have finished elementary school and are starting to move on to a more middle and high school level, that is the right time for them to get to know the basics of Bitcoin and Blockchain. Because when the child starts to move on to a more specialized educational level, it will be easier for them to determine what education is more suitable for him and he must also continue to be given a more specific understanding of Bitcoin and Blockchain.

[sokani]

That's how society runs nowadays, some parents wants to teach their child on the things that a child shouldn't have done because of their age but for me, it's better to learn while they are still young and it also depends to a child if they really want to pursue learning on the things that they aren't familiar yet. Again, it depends to a child so don't force someone to do something if they don't really want to. Gaining knowledge and experiences at the young age may gives a benefit to them once they are growing up and facing the real life.

I'm actually against forcing a child to learn Bitcoin but a good parent to should be able to see where a child interest lies and give the necessary supports. It mustn't be tech or Bitcoin, it could be art, music or anything. 

According to what I read on the internet, Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum founder) has interest in tech and he started developing video games as the age of 10. He was introduced to Bitcoin by his father, Dimitry Buterin at the age of 17 and he went on to develop one of the highly sort after Dapps in the world. Maybe at some point he's going to get to know about bitcoin, but someone introduced Bitcoin to him. So it's not an entirely bad idea to introduce Bitcoin to a child, we just have to do it at the right time and if the child doesn't like it, no issue.

[blckhawk]

For tender minds, it's better to do things around them that you want them to do than rather say/force anything. If someone from family were to be into Bitcoin than high chances child will get to know about it and might get into it as well.

Totally agree, children should learn some basic fundamental stuff in their formative years so it's really in our best interest if it's something that teaches them about being a decent person, how to think in a critical way and teaching them about knowing themselves should be some of the stuff that a parent should teach them, teaching them something complex without any fundamentals in problem solving and discourse is like shouting into the void or in a way it's going to be useless plus I feel like the parents that do this kind of thing with their kids are frustrated people that want to create a mini version of them that they can control.

[retreat]

It's true that forcing our children to do what we want is not good, because children have their own fashion and it is their right to be able to choose what they think is better. But as parents of course we want the best for our children and there's no harm in teaching them about Bitcoin and how it can change their lives in the future. Whether they will adopt it or not is their business, the point is that we as parents have taught them what is best for them.

[Lorence.xD]

In modern countries, this is not even a topic due to its obvious answer. But in many developing and poor countries, people will try to groom their children into something too early giving them no other choices to discover their inner gifts and skills.

Just today I saw an online friend posting about how young his 16-year-old kid retired into amateur boxing. The kid last month won a silver medal in our yearly national tournament which is already a huge accomplishment. But deep beneath, I can feel that the kid does not want what he is doing. My friend own a boxing gym before and he loves boxing which is why he wanted badly for his kid to become a boxer.

That's how society runs nowadays, some parents wants to teach their child on the things that a child shouldn't have done because of their age but for me, it's better to learn while they are still young and it also depends to a child if they really want to pursue learning on the things that they aren't familiar yet. Again, it depends to a child so don't force someone to do something if they don't really want to. Gaining knowledge and experiences at the young age may gives a benefit to them once they are growing up and facing the real life.

That is a common thing that parents do in my country, at least in my point of view and experiences, I don't know if this applicable to any places and to everyone. They are the one who will decide what your future would be like for example, they want you to be an civil engineer, so they would invest a lot of thing by buying you all of your needs, giving you all of your desire like cars, phones, luxury and etc. So you won't say anything about them when you're trying to pursue what they want as they can easily say that they gave to you everything. I think it's not really about starting while they are young, some kids are not still aware and haven't explore the world yet to find what is really for them. Gaining knowledge at early stage can be considered as advantage, but never force it if they never really like it.

[Makus]

In my own opinion, forcing a child to learn Bitcoin might be against some countries' laws, but in my country, forcing your own child is common, because we see it as a means of giving good directives to our children. These things happen every day, especially when the child is in his/her teenage age. They feel like they are adults who can be responsible for making some serious life decisions. Bitcoin is the future of cryptocurrency. Anyone who fails to dive into it when they have the opportunity will surely have regrets tomorrow, so at first forcing a  child to learn Bitcoin might seem too rude or wicked  as a parent, but, as time progresses later, I bet the child will thank you later in the future. And besides, teaching your child Bitcoin doesn't mean his/her life or career.

[JollyGood]

I doubt that by teaching any child in any country about blockchain related finances including crypto is a crime. If they learn about Bitcoin while they are young it will be in their mindset as a seamless process just as teaching them about fiat. If a parent or school curriculum does not (or does not want to) teach about it, that is a different matter altogether.

In my own opinion, forcing a child to learn Bitcoin might be against some countries' laws, but in my country, forcing your own child is common, because we see it as a means of giving good directives to our children. These things happen every day, especially when the child is in his/her teenage age.