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Steve Jobs Didn't Let His Children Use iPads

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Steve Jobs is widely believe to be one of the biggest innovators of all time, but few now that he was actually an art major in college. Thus, despite working with figure and facts, as several interviews have revealed, he was actually a very creative person. And this is apparently something that he wanted to pass on to his kids.

In a previous interview, Steve Jobs responded to tech reporter Nick Bilton’s question about whether his children love the iPad 2. The late Apple CEO replied the following

“They haven’t used it. We limit how much technology our kids use at home.”

Apparently, Steve Jobs wanted his three children to develop a love for creative expression, and that's why he and his wife have set limits to technology use. Chriss Street from BreitBart.com explains quite nicely why Jobs and others have decided to take this approach in their education:

The goal of a tech free childhood is to make sure that hands-on creativity, expressive movement, and person-to-person interaction in kids is not stifled by escape into the netherworld of four inch screens. Waldorf believes that their students are “gaining math, patterning, and problem-solving skills by knitting socks.” They also suggest that learning fractions is best accomplished by learning about halves and quarters by cutting up food.

Most modern executive parents think they are doing the “right thing” to prepare their children to compete in a tech savvy world by filling their homes with all the newest gadgets, screens, and apps. But as an artist and the greatest entrepreneur in history, Steve Jobs wanted his kids to be able to accomplish physical tasks like actually being able to make dinner rather than lead a sedentary childhood dominated by iPads, iWatches, and iPhones.

What's your take on this? Do you think we should limit how kids interact with technology and if so, should we be strict about it or just make sure they don't exaggerate in their use?

Source: BreitBart
 

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