I was right in the edge of Gen Z and Millennial and grew up being the family’s tech kid. It still astounds me now that my younger sisters don’t know how to even look for solutions. They just get me. Having moved out I get texts and calls sometimes. I’ve had to explain that using a computer is a skill that is learnable. I didn’t learn by going to someone else. I had to learn how to learn. That’s the skill we should be teaching kids. Not how to solve the problems, but how to FIND the solution to problems.
Yup. Luckily, I conditioned my mom correctly. I sold her my first smartphone after I got a new one, and told her: “I’ll teach you things - but I’ll only teach you once. That way, you’ll know how to do it yourself in the future”. Now she’s surprisingly competent for her age and her friends come to her for help.
I was right in the edge of Gen Z and Millennial and grew up being the family’s tech kid. It still astounds me now that my younger sisters don’t know how to even look for solutions. They just get me. Having moved out I get texts and calls sometimes. I’ve had to explain that using a computer is a skill that is learnable. I didn’t learn by going to someone else. I had to learn how to learn. That’s the skill we should be teaching kids. Not how to solve the problems, but how to FIND the solution to problems.
Yup. Luckily, I conditioned my mom correctly. I sold her my first smartphone after I got a new one, and told her: “I’ll teach you things - but I’ll only teach you once. That way, you’ll know how to do it yourself in the future”. Now she’s surprisingly competent for her age and her friends come to her for help.