I'm sure things are different now, my first computer had a DOS prompt, there were 3 games installed (Tetris, Prince of Persia, and Oregon Trail), my parents essentially let me use it, and since they knew as little about computers beyond Word processing, they told me to "figure it out".
That was an attitude that I applied to windows (which I still feel is a GUI over DOS, at least at 3.1).
Now the circumstances are different, it's very easy to use a computer to learn little, so, IMO, kids should be more guided in their use of computers.
I'm sure things are different now, my first computer had a DOS prompt, there were 3 games installed (Tetris, Prince of Persia, and Oregon Trail), my parents essentially let me use it, and since they knew as little about computers beyond Word processing, they told me to "figure it out".
That was an attitude that I applied to windows (which I still feel is a GUI over DOS, at least at 3.1).
Now the circumstances are different, it's very easy to use a computer to learn little, so, IMO, kids should be more guided in their use of computers.
Man, I remember the days when you had to "be smart" to use a computer too. Lol.