Last night I was seting up some computers and decided it was time for him to make his first appearance on the web. He helped me setup a linux web server, then we registered a domain and got him going. I had him install everything, he added the posts, took the pictures, and everything else. Pretty amazing what these kids can do with a little bit of help and a few ideas. I put a link up on dig here: http://digg.com/tech_news/My_8_Year_Old_Son_Creates_a_Blog Here is his blog: http://www.jaredsblog.com
Awsome, that's about the age I started. Internet wasn't that big back then, they didn't have wordpress.
Get em started young. By the time he's ready to make money he'll have a nicely established domain . On a serious note what are your thoughts on his privacy and things he might say considering how many strange people there are about these days.
Man keep your 8 year old blogging no matter what... when he hits 13 years old his blog will be 5 years old and he could rank on google for whatever terms he could want! I started at the same age and thought blogging was gay, boy was I wrong!
Congratulation at 18 i think he will have his own online empire My son if he will love i will make evrything to become succesfull in this field you know like father like son
Whenever I have a kid (about 7 years) I will teach them everything in the book and try to make them a better webmaster than I ever was.
world today, doesn't differentiate either kids & olders coz Internet world can give them chances to learn by itself...
My kids are both pretty amazing with computers (age 6 and 4), but I don't want them to spend too much time in front of a computer (2 hours per day is absolute maximum, normally les than an hour a day)...just because I want them to spend time playing with each other, playing outside, get fresh air etc...doing things that kids do rather than living virtual life.
That's a nice blog for an 8 year old! Kids are so tech saavy these days P.S: I had a kirby fansite when I was around 8 lol (geocities and homestead works wonders for kids lol)
I couldn't agree more. I give him a taste of this stuff whenever I can, but he's very active in sports, and other outdoor social activities. I don't want him to miss out on any of that.
My children will Be Web and net guru, I will Give all Tech stuff to them, By the way When i was 8, I was unaware of computer and Now I am 20 and I am doing good use of internet
Sounds you are a very good parrent! I can't even imagine what these geeky kids of ours will know when they are 10...or 18