Hack for kids: instead of an unrestricted access to a tablet, give them a walkman with cassettes. They get understanding of physical medium, they can record songs they like (even from YouTube), stories, ... Modern walkmans can record from analog audio input, some have even an integrated microphone.
They have fun, they can play and it's entirely their own thing.
On the other side there's no corporation wanting their attention to fill their head with cornflakes ads.
And then you give them nostr:nprofile1qqsy6j4hxl30hdd0pl2epd9harr0uakn5q4f0y000ldv7cqlneg04kqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz8thwden5te0dehhxarj9e3hjurgv4e8qatwdvh8gmmyv9uj7qghwaehxw309ahx7um5wghxy6t5wp6ku6ewvekj7su0fdq cassettes to listen to some good music (e.g. nostr:nprofile1qqsg37rs0fz7sfdp8mfcxve2hehz7yz2k3xcw7gchc392qyr526eucqppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0cr555r) and they also learn about Bitcoin and analog encoding and a lot of other stuff.
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If you don't have the cassettes, you can even make them from the digital version yourself! Just start a v4v player like fountain, press record and flip the tape when the time comes.
True. Our son has spent hours with a microcassette recorder. He recorded the entire Airwolf theme song from his mp3 player and listened to it over and over on the tape.
Ok, instantly stuck in my head 🤣
Yes, I have two digital Walkmans for Hi-Res music. I have also some old iPods.
I will buy first cassette Walkman and reel to reel deck in to my tech collection.
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