If your considering encouraging your
child to learn more about the internet, this article will help you with the
tips and tricks I used to help my son.
The first thing to remember is that
while your child may think being a young entrepreneur means getting lots of
cash, that is unimportant. They may make money but that is hardly the point of
teaching them these skills.
Giving your child the ability to
understand computers will put them in good standing when setting out for a job
later in life. And more importantly will very probably give them a far easier
way of making money.
Regardless of how their life plays
out, and what they end up doing, being able to use the internet for promotional
purposes is going to help.
The reason I was so keen to get my
son into the I.M. World was largely because I know its a great way to make a
living. I have worked in refrigerated factories, as a forklift truck driver and
several other jobs. Do you want to know why I like the online business model?
Because its in the warm, only takes a few hours a day and the moneys huge.
Now I could encourage my son to lift
heavy equipment all day long when he is older but I think this is way better.
Of all the futures you could give your budding young entrepreneur, I believe a
good knowledge base is the most important.
Consider that many internet
marketers do not start making good money for up to 5 years. Now when they get
going they may well do very well but who has the time to learn these skills.
Your kids do. There is no better
time for the human brain to absorb new concepts and ideas, than when it is
still developing.
An important point to consider when
starting to teach your little one about the internet, is security.
By this I refer to the fact that
unrestrained your child could be looking at anything, luckily I found that the
many available child proof filters are incredibly effective. However they wont
work unless you install them.
Its important to set your child
goals and targets. For my son I had the target that if he could just make a few
dollars from advertising on his blog I had get him his own computer.
Unfortunately he discovered methods of promotion I had not even heard of, and
is now sat on his own laptop.
Now you should know he is only 9
today and has not been doing much with computers except play games, so is not
starting from much of an advantage. With that said I was amazed by the speed he
understood the concepts. While he certainly has not learned all the tips and
tricks yet, its obvious his mind has understood the concept even better than
me.
If I had been able to grasp the
concepts as quickly as him I might have been a young entrepreneur too.
Unfortunately I came to computers to late for the sort of instinctive understanding
children can have.
I would strongly recommend you make
sure your child has the ability to learn these concepts while they are still
able.
