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Too Many Computers Hurt Learning

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the time-spent-uninstalling-spyware dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Christian Science Monitor is running a story on a recent University of Munich study of school children in 31 countries that found a correlation between frequent computer usage and poor academic performance. Having more than one computer in the home was found to be particularly bad news! For those Slashdotters with children, how do you deal with your kids' computer use?"

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  1. Children don't need computers by Atroxodisse · · Score: 1, Troll

    1. Children should never be allowed to just hop on the computer when they want. Always make them ask.

    2. They shouldn't be allowed on the internet without supervision or some sort of Net Nanny type program.

    3. They should be given 2 hours or less a day to use the computer unless they actually need it for school.

    Thats how it works at my house.

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  2. Time Limits by ashitaka · · Score: 1, Troll

    At an XP Command Prompt:

    NET USER TIMMY /TIMES:Sun-Sat;18:00-21:00

    And NEVER let a kid have a PC in their own room!

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