Children are now wiser and smarter than before.

[abaeze]

As competition continues to grow in every aspect of life with the changing times, the internet is enabling children to learn and discover many things well before they reach the age at which previous generations did. Although at this age they are no longer children, that is, they have already become teenagers. In fact, the more human work and knowledge practice continues to increase, the more knowledgeable and updated our next generation will be when they come in contact with us.That is why good association and contact with children is very important. If this contact were not good but bad, then its reaction would also be very terrible.

Therefore, in my opinion, these subjects should be made more interesting and competitive for teenagers, so that they can learn many things effectively and creatively without wasting time on anything useless, which will be very useful for them in the future.

[jcojci]

We can teach Bitcoin to our kids but that is only the basic use of Bitcoin and general knowledge so we should adjust the knowledge for them so they can understand and not feels difficult. In their age, they want to play and have fun so we need to search right methods to teach them.

They can be smart and wiser than us but they are still kids which needs guidance from adult people or their parents. If you can teach them how to use Bitcoin, they will understanding Bitcoin and when they grow up and mature, they have an option how to use Bitcoin.

[lovesmayfamilis]

You will see Children these days who can use the internet, download, upload and do other things online that we at their age could not do. With how exposed children are now, it will not be hard for them to comprehend what Bitcoin really is, and how to use it, what do you think?

How old are you, OP? Children will always remain children and live in the time in which they have to live their childhood. In my childhood, there weren't the innovations that we have now, but we had books, and we could read, think, and play educational games. Moreover, we were much healthier than today's children who eat canned, modified, and unhealthy foods. The fact that they know how to use gadgets never proves their wisdom; rather, they are forced to study everything because their parents do not give them any other choice. Wisdom comes from experience, and if you take childhood away from children, setting their young minds exclusively on the financial side of life, after a while you will get robots that do not have any empathy for others but only seek benefits. Therefore, be careful with the intention to teach children about money; let them get through all the stages of childhood, explaining at the level of their worldview about the need for education, first of all.

[EarnOnVictor]

Many people may argue that teaching children about Bitcoin and investments in it is not too good for them because they are still small and young and are still undergoing childhood developments but I was thinking of something earlier today after seeing a little child who is not going up to 15 operate and use digital technology properly Almost even better than I can do use it.
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Don't let us get it wrongly; children doing exceptionally well in technology and many other aspects of life is not new. Their God's given gifts will surely be easily noticed if exposed to the environment. But this is not as the same as introducing them to risky environments like investing, that could even degrade the children if care is not taken

Any risky investment calls for more exploration, if you don't know. It might start from the Bitcoin, and graduates to something more dangerous that could distract them.

By virtue, children should avoid risks for now (no matter how little it is). Let them focus on their growth and personal development in the environments that are not financially taking from them. That could give them false hope when they should be serious with their lives.

[Luzin]

Just because they know how to use the internet?,
Common... there should be more to being smart than just knowing how to use the internet.
And just because certain people were never born in this generation, doesn't mean that they would have struggled. Things are literally getting better in terms of how we access vast information and get exposure. How many children of this generation would comfortably sit down to flip through thousands of pages just because they're searching for something?. And mind you, despite the access to internet and vast information, you still see people of this generation acting funny.

The internet for people is like a double-edged sword. It means it can provide you with benefits and also harm, all depending on the person's actions. The world has changed; the current generation is better facilitated, and this certainly has a definite correlation with their abilities. 'Smart' is too broad a definition because not everyone can master it well. Yes, I tend to be sad because nowadays many children are smart but not moral, many are smart but do not have a strong will to never give up. Children seem to get more comfort but end up in suffering because they are not educated to work hard and have great determination.

[tech30338]

To be honest, I could operate a computer at the age of 9, and that was back when Friendster was still popular.

You reminded me my old day of opening a Windows 98 PC and playing with Words because my uncle forbid me from installing games on it. Thinking back, I guess I can't play much since it only has an onboard GPU. The next upgrade was also pretty small with a 128MB VRAM. It's amazing how fast tech progressed.

But yeah, I'm not sure OP or anyone is bringing a great case. Some children can be smarter than their peers, so the sample needs to be big. For example, if they can speak 10 languages at 5 and we have 1 million kids like that globally, that'll be more convincing.

Children nowadays have all the information in the world at their hand, its easy to learn a lot of things that is why we are not surprise they are learning fast, before information are hard, we sometimes break something then learn from it afterwards, today is different, we have everything tutorials for everything is all over the internet, they just have to search and watch and they already knew what to do, the difference is that, we learn it the hard way while they were just feed to them.

[AakZaki]

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No doubt, the technology has many of its benefits, but at the same time it has many many its disadvanges.
For example, we and the current generation are also getting depandable to techology for remembering things that is why our memories are getting weaker day by day. What do you think about this?

I agree with your opinion, back in the days when we were children When we wanted to watch a movie, at that time it was watching in a place that was quite far from home because there were no platforms such as sekangan, Facebook Reels, TikTok, Short YT etc.

But now with the existing advancements, it can be done from home such as watching short films etc., but what becomes a little problematic is that sometimes it is used as a mindset that is brought in daily life, such as wanting to get rich quickly, even though what is done without realizing it is a mistake.

[snowpega]

I agree with your opinion, back in the days when we were children When we wanted to watch a movie, at that time it was watching in a place that was quite far from home because there were no platforms such as sekangan, Facebook Reels, TikTok, Short YT etc.

But now with the existing advancements, it can be done from home such as watching short films etc., but what becomes a little problematic is that sometimes it is used as a mindset that is brought in daily life, such as wanting to get rich quickly, even though what is done without realizing it is a mistake.

Are you talking about cinemas? If so, then you are truly correct. Because in those days people, family, and friends used to gather to watch films together, but now we don't have such interesting activities around us, but very few. I am not saying that people don't go to watch movies at cinemas, they do, but numbers have reduced very much as now everyone can buy subcription of Netflix or Prime, or any other platform they like to watch movies on.

And the worst thing is that TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook Shorts ruin the fun of watching new movies because of fan-made spoilers, right? haha. People also used to watch movies at home in those days on a white sheet screen. No doubt we need technological advancement, but I don't know, sometimes it feels like we are losing our relationship because of these technologies, because we spend less time with our loved ones and more with these technologies. The sad part is that now it is unstoppable, as the technology is evolving very fast in human society, and more people are becoming more dependable to it.

[Fiasem20]

It’s no longer a new debate on how children of these days are smart and exposed to technology.15 years old isn’t a kid anymore,at age 15 the level of reasoning must have changed and they can easily catch up new ideas,even a 3 year old child can operate a tablet quite well talk more of a 15 years old child.There’s nothing wrong in teaching these children about bitcoin,because the world is going digital and these children are the future of tomorrow so whatever important things that you think they’re worthy of learning it’s isn’t a bad idea teaching them,but be careful on how you expose bitcoin to them because they can tell their friends and their friends might cause harm to them.

[Die_empty]

It’s no longer a new debate on how children of these days are smart and exposed to technology.15 years old isn’t a kid anymore,at age 15 the level of reasoning must have changed and they can easily catch up new ideas,even a 3 year old child can operate a tablet quite well talk more of a 15 years old child.There’s nothing wrong in teaching these children about bitcoin,because the world is going digital and these children are the future of tomorrow so whatever important things that you think they’re worthy of learning it’s isn’t a bad idea teaching them,but be careful on how you expose bitcoin to them because they can tell their friends and their friends might cause harm to them.

If a child is interested in Bitcoin, it's not wrong to expose them to lessons that could help them understand. But they shouldn't be forced or coerced to learn about it. Various educational materials are designed for children or teenagers.

But there should be a limit to this teaching. Telling children that you own Bitcoin and teaching them with wallets that have high amounts could be risky. They can easily become prey to scammers. Or they could even tell people that their parents own some amount of Bitcoin. In areas where crypto owners are targeted by criminals, this could be risky.

[Queen uloma]

I agree with you that children of these days are more exposed to technology than many of us when we were in their  age. Many of them use tablets, smart phones, Apps, and even solve digital problems that  adult find it  difficult to solve. Because of this exposure, teaching them about bitcoin, how to invest and money management is not bad for their age. I think the focus should be on financial education than investment. What they’re to know and understand the basic concepts like budgeting, risk, saving, spending, and patience before introducing them to any investment or bitcoin. So being good at technology does not really mean that a  child  has full understanding of what financial risk means. I agree with you that introducing a child to bitcoin and digital finance is not bad but the lesson should match their age and their level of understanding, Till they grow older.

[Royal Cap]

what do you think?

But I think one thing needs to be distinguished, being able to use technology and understanding investing are not the same thing. A child can learn to use a wallet, but it takes time to understand risk or financial responsibility.  So it is better to teach about Bitcoin at a young age, but it is better to teach it not from the perspective of investment profit, but from the perspective of digital finance and security awareness.

[Bitcoin Smith]

I'm suprised someone would associate smartness to how one can use the internet
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Unfortunately, that is how most people assume it, when they see a kid who is navigating in his tablet, then they are simply proud that their kid is a smart man and figured it such a young age that a old man hasn't.

All I see is a bunch of lazy and dumb kids, even forget to have basic manners when it comes to respecting the elders. I am sure they can be taught with anything but they need to know the significance of money first to know what decentralization is, what financial freedom is, and others.

[HajiBagi]

I was thinking of something earlier today after seeing a little child who is not going up to 15 operate and use digital technology properly Almost even better than I can do use it. And one thing just came to my mind that children these days are smarter than children before And as time goes on we may be able to teach our children about Bitcoin investments earlier than normal because children will be wiser and more used to digital technology based on exposure.

15 years of age? He is no longer a child, but a teenager. Teenagers getting to 15 years of age can know much about the internet and you will be surprised if a 15 year child can even do some programming works. It is not new to me because there are people like that in the millennia and probably gen z generations.

You are right, a 15 year old kid is not longer a teenager because the kid has already know much about technology and other stuff, a 15 year old now can even know more about bitcoin than some of us because they are very smart and when they see anyone who is close to them know about bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies that can help them in the future they will learn, i have seen a 15 year old know much more than i do and i was not surprised because he started using a smart phone since he was 6 years old. I think the reason why some people said that teaching kids about bitcoin is not that good is because some children may not like to know or see it as something important because that is what some us did until we later found how good it is to know about bitcoin.

[Charles-Tim]

You are right, a 15 year old kid is not longer a teenager

You are very correct, but this is probably a mistake. Teenage age begins at 13 (thirteen) and ends at nineteen which is the reason they are called teenagers.

[dzungmobile]

You are right, a 15 year old kid is not longer a teenager because the kid has already know much about technology and other stuff, a 15 year old now can even know more about bitcoin than some of us because they are very smart and when they see anyone who is close to them know about bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies that can help them in the future they will learn, i have seen a 15 year old know much more than i do and i was not surprised because he started using a smart phone since he was 6 years old. I think the reason why some people said that teaching kids about bitcoin is not that good is because some children may not like to know or see it as something important because that is what some us did until we later found how good it is to know about bitcoin.

Kids are teenagers if they are in ages of it, and it's can not be changed. In many developed nations, there are strict laws about how employers can hire people for jobs with kind of restrictions on teenagers. Some teenagers can be very matured in their minds and they're ready to do many things but it does not mean they already complete their growth both physically and mentally. They actually need more experience in their life so restrictions in labor market have many reasons just for protecting teenagers.

Teaching kids, teenagers about Bitcoin is good, not harmful but it's unlike my priority for my kids.

[Don Saga]

Many people may argue that teaching children about Bitcoin and investments in it is not too good for them because they are still small and young and are still undergoing childhood developments but I was thinking of something earlier today after seeing a little child who is not going up to 15 operate and use digital technology properly Almost even better than I can do use it. And one thing just came to my mind that children these days are smarter than children before And as time goes on we may be able to teach our children about Bitcoin investments earlier than normal because children will be wiser and more used to digital technology based on exposure.

You will see Children these days who can use the internet, download, upload and do other things online that we at their age could not do. With how exposed children are now, it will not be hard for them to comprehend what Bitcoin really is, and how to use it, what do you think?

Children these days are only smarter because they were exposed to recent technologies, something our forefathers never had. The world is evolving and technology seems normal to us now, the minds of children are adapting to such changes.

At age 15, a child who was introduced to digital technology should be grounded in better understanding, that is because the foundation of the child's upbringing initiated those ideas. It is important how a person grows, that speaks a lot about how their life could turn out.

[iBaba]

Many people may argue that teaching children about Bitcoin and investments in it is not too good for them because they are still small and young and are still undergoing childhood developments but I was thinking of something earlier today after seeing a little child who is not going up to 15 operate and use digital technology properly Almost even better than I can do use it. And one thing just came to my mind that children these days are smarter than children before And as time goes on we may be able to teach our children about Bitcoin investments earlier than normal because children will be wiser and more used to digital technology based on exposure.

You will see Children these days who can use the internet, download, upload and do other things online that we at their age could not do. With how exposed children are now, it will not be hard for them to comprehend what Bitcoin really is, and how to use it, what do you think?

Children today are far more exposed to technology than previous generations, it is not unusual to see a 10 or 12 years old navigating smartphone, apps and the internet the more efficient than many adults. Because of this i don’t think bitcoin will be too complicated for them to understand. I believe the focus should be less on investing and more education. Teaching children concepts like saving, digital security and private keys even responsible money management can give them a strong foundation.

Once they understand those basic principles, learning about bitcoin will be come much easier for them. Being able to use technology and being emotionally ready to invest are two different things though. Children may quickly understand how bitcoin works, but they still need that time to develop the patience, discipline and risk knowledge that investing requires.

[Nwada001]

But I think one thing needs to be distinguished, being able to use technology and understanding investing are not the same thing. A child can learn to use a wallet, but it takes time to understand risk or financial responsibility.  So it is better to teach about Bitcoin at a young age, but it is better to teach it not from the perspective of investment profit, but from the perspective of digital finance and security awareness.

Someone who is not yet making some money on their own should not be taught how to invest money in something, as they don't have all that it takes; they can be shown around how the technology works, but allow them to explore it and decide how to see it when they are both mentally and financially ready to make such a decision.

Kids of this current generation like to play around with innovation; it won't be bad to share with them things that can help them expand.

[avp2306]

But I think one thing needs to be distinguished, being able to use technology and understanding investing are not the same thing. A child can learn to use a wallet, but it takes time to understand risk or financial responsibility.  So it is better to teach about Bitcoin at a young age, but it is better to teach it not from the perspective of investment profit, but from the perspective of digital finance and security awareness.

Someone who is not yet making some money on their own should not be taught how to invest money in something, as they don't have all that it takes; they can be shown around how the technology works, but allow them to explore it and decide how to see it when they are both mentally and financially ready to make such a decision.

Kids of this current generation like to play around with innovation; it won't be bad to share with them things that can help them expand.

Its good to talk about investment, since it open doors of opportunity for them to learn this. But what people need is they should not be so exaggerated discussing about it. Because danger starts when they start to have fantasy and think about to good to be true things on the investment what you told to them.

Use great approach and apply proper precautions, so they would also think about the risk and other things they might face. Good mindset when it comes on investment will come when people teach those young people about the real facts about this matter.