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Why are kids so good with technology?

My 5 year old can figure out something on the computer within moments while it takes most adults awhile to figure out. Are kids brains wire for this so young or are we as adults just slow?

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  • 7 years ago
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    Children are the ultimate learning machines. They learn languages and many other things much faster than adults do. So yes to both. This is why I wish I had learned a 2nd language and the piano at a young age. You should get them Rosetta stone or something like that.

  • 7 years ago

    Because we grew up with it and older people didn't. That's not to say that older people can't become good with technology. Once a person gets the basics down, it's easy enough. Kids grow up with those basics as something they do all the time.

  • 7 years ago

    It's all they know... never didn't have it.

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