How do I teach my kid to love and respect this forum?

[HONDACD125]

Well, the most important question is if your daughter has any interest in bitcoin, does she want to buy, spend, hold or trade bitcoin, or use it in any other way. If the answer to that question is yes, then you can basically tell her about bitcointalk, a discussion forum where she can discuss with other bitcoiners. She is 18, she will figure out everything else herself.

That's exactly what came into my mind after reading the opening post. You really cannot make a GenZ get into an OG forum with only texts and no visuals unless they have some interest in the actual reason why this or such forums exist, and that reason is Bitcoin. A person who doesn't have any interest in Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies will never have any interest in forums where things related to them are discussed only, or mainly. You might introduce them, and they might not say that they are not interested only for the sake of formality, but they won't show any interest, or do things with interest in your absence if they are not interested themselves.

So, I also agree that if she is 18 years old and mature enough to understand everything herself, you don't really need to teach her anything. If you get a positive response for the question you ask her about her interest in Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, you only need to ask her to check the forum out and tell her that it was created by the main himself (Satoshi), and that might make her more interested and she might join and start reading through with interest. She will learn everything else over time, or she will ask you herself whenever she wants to understand something.

[sotelorene]

I want her to understand how discussions work here, how to respect other members, how not to spam, and how to actually contribute something useful.

This is a very strange topic i must say. Well, the most important question is if your daughter has any interest in bitcoin, does she want to buy, spend, hold or trade bitcoin, or use it in any other way. If the answer to that question is yes, then you can basically tell her about bitcointalk, a discussion forum where she can discuss with other bitcoiners. She is 18, she will figure out everything else herself.

Why does she need to respect anybody? She can be as rude as f**k, who cares.

Exactly, the question I wanted to ask the folk because if her daughter is not Interested there won't be any need as it will look like her Dad is persuading her to do what she doesn't want to do. There are some folks that are not really interested in this forum even though there's benefits when you get to some position and the knowledge about Bitcoin and some other Crypto related stuffs. However, being rude is against the ethics of the forum so if she is rude to anyone she will be put to her place but I'm sure if she is interested she won't be rude to anyone as she will be willing to learn and explore.

[Myleschetty]

First of all, I think you're ahead of most parents because you ask the public for advice on how to introduce your daughter to this forum with the right mindset and etiquette. However, whatever you do, the final decision is still up to her.
I completely understand you because this forum has taught all of us the discipline of reading, thinking, and making good contributions. However, you can only try your best and let her learn some lessons on her own because there's always something new she will need to learn from, and this forum is more like a library mixed with a Bitcoiners global meeting place where people discuss Bitcoin, crypto, and crypto related businesses.

This is a good approach to go, if only he will adhere to this, beside this I think he must make sure she's mature to handle things and make good decision on her own before joining the forum or Bitcoin investment, if she's not of age to join this community then he has to first and foremost discuss with her privately about digital currency for her to under what's up to her in future.

Without proper Bitcoin knowledge she won't be able to communicate well on this forum, teaching her the rules and regulations of the forum is another level ahead of time , everything should be done outside the forum first, if she finally decide to participate on the forum she won't find it hard anymore.

You make a valid point, but we are in the 21st century, and the OP mentioned that the kid is 18 years old and mature enough to start learning independently.
I think that someone of that age is capable of handling everything you mentioned on her own, and what I believe the father should focus on more is ensuring she comprehends the forum rules and regulations, as well as what she should steer clear of.

[Sammye3]

I want her to understand how discussions work here, how to respect other members, how not to spam, and how to actually contribute something useful.

She cannot possibly enter the forum with the complete understanding of how it works, that's the purpose of learning. Mistakes would be made and she should be sure to learn from those mistakes. Respect in the forum does not mean compromising her judgements, she could be lethal with scrutiny when she's making a valid point; she should not conform to bias or sentimental discussions.

So I want to ask some advice from older members here. How would you introduce btt to your son or daughter?

She should have an understanding of bitcoin and crypto in general, every other thing would come to her in the course of her experience here in the forum.

[Fiasem20]

It’s a good idea to teach your daughter about the forum but if she doesn’t have interest in learning about the forum it isn’t going to work no matter how hard you try to convince her,interest drives determination.But if she has the interest about learning the forum then you can teach her,since you aren’t good at teaching people you can just teach her the basics rules of the forum and tell her not to violate them.After doing that,then tell her to do more of the reading because that’s the easiest way to learn about bitcoin and the forum at large.Lastly,don’t force anyone to participate in whatever they aren’t interested in even if you have the power to do it.

[Davidvictorson]

So I want to ask some advice from older members here. How would you introduce btt to your son or daughter?

If you want the forum to make more sense to her, my honest recommendation is that you introduce her first to bitcoin before the forum. The forum is long term for discussing bitcoin and its ecosystem, knowing the basics first will help her easily adjust without feeling lost and you already know how most newbies feel when they get critiqued on their posts. In my estimation, that is where you should start from, once you see that she’s catching on then you bring her in.