The good and bad of exposing kids to Bitcoin.

[EarnOnVictor]

I've never found anything good in this topic whenever I see it. What we call kids are not something we should joke with; good parenting will not even dare it.

Life is in stages, and investment should come at the right stage for children, which can't be early. I wonder what is so pressing that Bitcoin investment should be thought early instead of child development and other primary needs of life for growth. Bitcoin is not special than other assets in this category, and they are tertiary class (not even secondary) of what children should know.

If care is not taken, this will distract the children beyond imagination and will lose focus in life, especially when you couldn't monitor them or are addicted at early stage.

[Bitcoin.com97]

Nigerian get one kind mentality,but I Sha thank God for how things dey go now ,for other countries they believe so much on practical ,that is why at early age they have started solving problems and it will look as if the white are better ,but the issues are nah we dey be our problem,you go see parents go bring lesson teacher for pikin way just close for school,but other countries they look for productive things to engage them .

See age way we dey know about Bitcoin investment, imagine depriveing our kids also for this long ,any knowledge you have now,it's better to equip the youngers once ,time no really dey wait for anybody , children these days are very smart ,give them the best and watch younger generation doing exploit .

[Alonso_]

It’s very important to educate our kids about bitcoin, so they can know about bitcoin, even from a very young age, is very important to educate them, but personally I don’t think educating them alone would be enough, I would suggest we can also be starting up and investment plans for them as well, where they can be buying bitcoin anytime they’ve money, I don’t really see any disadvantages of teaching our kids about bitcoin, what you’ve mentioned as the bad side is something that everyone who is investing in bitcoin already knows, volatility is a general thing when it comes to investing in bitcoin, people have been investing in bitcoin even with volatility.

[Cityhunter34]

Teaching kids things that are way above their level makes them develop their mentality at a very early age, a lot of kids that are good at calculating and solving equations that are not on their grade because they were exposed to it at a very young age, the same goes for Bitcoin investment as well. If kids are being taught and introduced to Bitcoin at a early age it is going to be an advantage to them when they grow up. But teaching them should be enough because they cannot start to handle the psychological pressure of investing because they aren't mentally mature for that.

U dey right but the thing there be say, no be all children get the same mentality as some dey dull to catch up something while dey sharp to understand something, every child dey unique in their own way, so, no be say to introduce Bitcoin to them dey wrong but u know say if person no really dey teach them small small, them fit no understand anything for their life na e make, e go make sense if they do introduce them wetin their brain fit carry for the sake of their own mental health.

Normally, everybody no be the same, but e go better say you teach them, because learning na something wey dey continues. But ah go agreed with the fact that we should be careful when teaching them about Bitcoin investment, because e no make sense to rush your children into Bitcoin, because plenty things wey require a lot of discipline and patience dey involved in Bitcoin, so it's very important to introduce it in a way that they can understand, and not teach them above their head.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

No be say I dey try bring up my family matter here but I want una to chook mouth for the matter, na bad thing to teach children about Bitcoin, or una feel say eh go make dem overwise like my uncle talk, I wan hear una opinion.

Everything has its good and bad side so we cannot ignore the bad and only acknowledge the good but in this case I believe the good outweigh the bad that is why it's important to teach our kids and the younger generation about the industry before they come of age. Other part of the world are doing it and that is why they are having a progressive generation as the younger ones already know how to manage their finance before they get of age but in our country what the children care about is being children and not having the skill needed to move this nation forward.

Teaching kids about Bitcoin will enlighten them about financial education and know how to manage money properly but you allowing them to be ignorant will only contribute to the society being filled with young adult that lack money skills.

Your uncle is just being old so don't listen to whatever he's saying but also when teaching children about crypto you have to also monitor them to avoid them being lured to the bad side of the industry.

[Zigabel]

E get wetin oyibo dey talk, dem dey talk am say no sability wey you sabi be waste, at anytime, e good make we start to dey teach children how dis thing dem mata dey be, because we no know how tomorrow go be, we dey see say for tech now, children dem don dey become developers and dem dey even do robotics, so dis one no go bad if we teach dem make dem sabi am put body as we dey do am, we fit say okay make we dey teach dem make dem dey get basic knowledge fes, no involve money fes because dem fit never sabi how to manage money well and volatility no dey smile, sometimes e fit happen wey be say d pikin go panic make move wey go make you loose money since dem go never fit sabi control dia emotion finish.

if you get d chance, e good make you dey teach dem small small, b4 dem go big come reach d age, dem go don too sabi d tin well well. d basic things to teach dem na, wetin wallet be, how to hold their coin safely or you go put am as security of dia coin den teach dem how to buy and sell safely too so dat dem no go fall for scammers, na dis basic tinz dem need know, for now, nothing really consine dem with technicals, dem fit do dat one later. make dem just know how d tin dey work, how dem dey make money form d tin and how to protect your money, and na good start for dem be dat.

[JoyceBTC]

It depends on the age of the child. If the child from from seven years and above, you can teach them the basics and let them watch some cartoons about bitcoin to make it more interesting to them. My kid already know bitcoin and what it is. These children are smarter than the way we think about them.

I think starting from seven years is too early, because at that age it will be hard to understand financial insight, risk or value. Most of them don’t really understand how money works, not to talk of cryptocurrency. Children of this age don’t tend to even take things serious and they might likely just see it as even just a game or something not meaningful to them.

[Derekfunds]

It depends on the age of the child. If the child from from seven years and above, you can teach them the basics and let them watch some cartoons about bitcoin to make it more interesting to them. My kid already know bitcoin and what it is. These children are smarter than the way we think about them.

I think starting from seven years is too early, because at that age it will be hard to understand financial insight, risk or value. Most of them don’t really understand how money works, not to talk of cryptocurrency. Children of this age don’t tend to even take things serious and they might likely just see it as even just a game or something not meaningful to them.

If you know how children of nowadays grow so fast and how intelligent they can be you will know that seven years is not too early. Some seven years old child now will be looking like a 10-12 year old. And sometimes it is not about age but rather the ability to understand what this Investment is actually about, trust me some seven years old child can even understand this Crypto things more than someone that is aged so it's not about age.

[Joeboy]

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I think starting from seven years is too early, because at that age it will be hard to understand financial insight, risk or value. Most of them don’t really understand how money works, not to talk of cryptocurrency. Children of this age don’t tend to even take things serious and they might likely just see it as even just a game or something not meaningful to them.

What is tomorrow becomes too late? And then again, there is even quite some differences between investing in Bitcoin and then introducing your kid to Bitcoin( Don't get it mixed up).. Don't underestimate your child intellects, because they may even be more smarter and sound than even the we the parents lolz .. But then, jokes aside, the truth is that age seven is a learning age, and it is around that age bracket that majority of matured folks today learnt certain skills. I hope you know it is very possible for a 7 years old kid to speak his or her mother dialect more better than many matured folks today... And if they have the ability to assimilate linguistic skills, then don't you think it is also possible for them to also grasp the basis of Bitcoin.. Surely they are still young so we shouldn't expect them to become mathematicians and genius in Bitcoin just because we introduced it to them... But then, I really think that the Introduction of Bitcoin is still very much suitable for all age bracket regardless of how young you are .. When they start early, Even this issue of fear than has held majority of folks back from Kickstarting their accumulation journey, can very well be conquered before they become their adult self.. Let's value and prioritize our children future, rather than underestimating what they can and cannot do...

[Sonia_123]

The truth be sey your uncle dey fear make him children nor come get out of hands financially and you know sey children Sabi talk and Bitcoin forum members dey hide dem head for Naija because government nor gree accept am, so anybody wey dem catch go hear am, e nor want him children to put am for trouble, need to check your environment first before you do some certain things so that you nor go put yourself for trouble because you want your children to dey smarter or quick make am for life before their peers .

E good to teach them but no need to rush dem because everything for this life na stage by stage handle your children according to their capacity not above their capacity with time things go fall to place except those exceptional children wey over know book but no matter how good dem be their childish nature go still dey obvious, as Parents we get a lot of work to do make we take am easy nor rush them, also be security conscious, nothing bad to teach dream but make we dey careful.

I dey talk from experience, the wey wen our country be for no e no wise at all to teach children, children are very inquisitive to know a lot of things and dem go dem take am proud dem nor know the problem wey e go bring to you, my person children dey always ask which office dem Uncle dey work wey he dey get money dey spend say dem wan known n him go tell them as e dey be thinking sey na children, na me come dey remove that mentality of Bitcoin from dem because dem don dey announce am .
it is not by being smart but being wise .