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Discussion on: Parents of DEV: How are you teaching your children about technology?

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Antoinette Mkwapatira

My 4yo has a Kindle Fire and an Echo for for kids. I didn't have to "teach" him anything on the Fire. I just unlocked it and let him have at it. Funny thing: He stole the device password after watching me enter it a few times. I guess I wasn't as secretive about it as I thought.

I did have to change the wake word on the Echo for Kids and set a time limit on it so he wouldn't chatter at it constantly.

I'm convinced that the test of good UI is whether or not a four year old could figure it out in 5 minutes or less.