netbook for an 8 year old?

i already know the answer... i just want too be 100%...

a friend of a friend wants to buy their kid a netbook for her birthday.. seriously? they have 2 desktops and a laptop she can use at anytime.. this kid has broken two nintendo DS's because she got mad and threw them.. the parents also go through stuff and animals... everything is disposable to them. if it's "not right" they just toss it and get a new one...
a netbook is not a toy.. it's a computer.. and i'm willing to bet if they go through with it and buy her one it'll be thrash before the end of the month..

so.. would you buy your 8 year old a netbook? want want want.. gimme gimme gimme.. this one's broke.. buy me a new one! they are creating a monster..

 

Don't think these mini laptops work anyway, even if you take care of them.

 

That's terrible. what a monster.
civility lies with a mac.
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If they mess up a mac or throw it out, imma bitch-slap 'em

 

indeed... i have a netbook.. and i can see a kid getting frustrated with it super quick unless they were a genius... my kids get frustrated with mine.. so i've stopped letting them use it.

 

no freaking way. i'm not really even certain i should get my 8 year old a DS.

 

Fucking too right, DS's are retarded. Get him a PSP Go! maan...

 

my 8 year old will still be playing with wooden toys

 

a few people ask me whats wrong with my computer? Who was using it last I ask, The kids they say.. (more than one kid to be exact).. after I fix it, I tell them not to let the children on it, Sometimes showing them the history (which the owner didnt know you can do, ) your kid was looking at porn and downloading song from malicious site..

 

her.

 

Spoiled kids like that annoy me... probably because I was the child that never got the expensive toys

 

i bet that kid is pure joy for her teachers.

 

Even more reason not to buy "it" a fucking DS whass the probloarms?

 

Very sad. Too many kids these days are growing up with entitlement issues.

 

In short?

Hell no.

 

tell me about it. i'm so glad i didn't go into teaching or something. dealing with kids like that who get spoilt rotten at home- no thanks!

 

i don't in general like other people's kids. mine are terribly spoiled. they're forever fighting over who gets to sit in my lap and crying when they can't sleep in my room and stuff.

they're great for everyone else, though. what's the deal with that? my neighbors' kids are AWFUL for them but amazingly awesome for me. they listen and everything.

 

the few times i've watched this kid.. we 'unplug' and do non-electric stuff.. draw, papier mache, water balloon fights... and oddly enough this kid loves me. no gifts.. no electronic gadgets... no tv.. no computer.. just good old fashion imaginations!

 

kai's for books. only funny ones, though. she doesn't like the serious stuff, so i guess she gets that from me.

if it requires too much concentration and being still, kai's not into it. it's either bouncing off the walls, fighting, or drawing.

 

My friends brother got a new hamster each week when he as little because he would throw them at walls and kill them.

He got a laptop, guess what happened.
Thousand bucks down the drain.

 

that's extremely disturbing.