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LLy

03 Mar 2023

Parenting

Buying laptop for kids

Recently my child start primary school. There's this online education/learning platform (SLS). We wonder if we should buy a laptop (or tablet) for our child to do her own learning.

Laptop - to get her into typing

Tablet - touchscreen easier for her to manoeuvre

When did you get a device (& which type) for your schooling child?

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What are your thoughts?

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If it is for school, you might want to wait until they get same one so it is easier for them to learn.

I think a Dell or HP laptop is more durable than acer.. personally I feel a Dell or HP laptop less than $1k is good enough for home use.. wouldn't recommend a tablet as it's not conducive to n the long run.. buying a laptop also allows the kids to get use of the keyboard which is useful when they go upper primary for school projects

I suggest to get a laptop since she will need to use Microsoft softwares to do her school projects or homeworks. A cheap one will do I personally use lenovo thinkpad, legion, and yoga.

Sloth@Work

09 Mar 2023

Independent Consultant & FIRE Mentor at Sloth@Work

Think laptop is better but pls. make it clear to your child that the laptop is yours and you are lending it to him/ her only for doing supervised work/ play. Giving a tablet only lands up with it being more of a "game & entertainment machine" rather than an educational tool. We only gave our kid his own laptop when he was Sec 4.

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I'm still letting my son use a tablet. Even the school is providing them tablets to do SLS or Koobit...

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