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Software (and Appropriate Input Device) For a Toddler?

Posted by timothy on from the please-see-spoon-icon dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I have an 18-month-old who loves bright screens (TV and computer), loves loud noises, and loves to mash buttons. He targets my laptop with the button-mashing, and I sort of hate having to tell him 'no' when he wants to explore a computer. I was wondering if anyone knows of some fun (and maybe educational) age-specific PC software that also comes with an age-appropriate input device. I've seen those big-button devices in retail stores that seem to just hook up to the TV, and I've also seen some PC software that requires keyboard/mouse input, which does not seem like the right input device for a toddler."

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  1. Re:(Musical) Electonic Keyboard by fractoid · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...and that nobody wants their kid to be a starving artist when they grow up =)

    GOOD artists, the ones that started at 18 months, don't starve. :) It's only the ones who get to mid teens, think "gosh, this science stuff is hard", and decide that they're far too good for manual labour, who end up as starving artists, because the only part of "art" they can actually do is be condescendingly pretentious. :P

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  2. Oblig. questions by damn_registrars · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Heheh, I set up an account for my daughter in the UID 700k range. She's 4 now...

    What makes you think that she will want it by the time she's old enough to make use of it?

    And what makes you think slashdot will still be relevant (or even existent) at that time?

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