{"id":3208,"date":"2008-12-20T21:56:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-20T21:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/12\/like-father-like-son\/"},"modified":"2008-12-20T21:56:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-20T21:56:00","slug":"like-father-like-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/12\/like-father-like-son.html","title":{"rendered":"Like Father, Like Son?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div>When I was 8 years old, there was no such thing as the internet, at least in anything like the form in which it exists today. It was a few years later that movies like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0086567\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">War Games<\/a> began to feature smart <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/danzr4ever\/102207751\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">kids with computers<\/a> dialing in directly to connect to other <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/media\/rm3891961088\/tt0086567\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">computers<\/a>. Those of us who had computers at that time played games we loaded onto our TRS-80 from a cassette player. Some will remember <a href=\"http:\/\/www.figmentfly.com\/pyramid2000\/pyramid.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this classic<\/a> of that bygone era.<\/div>\n<div>My son is now 8, and decided it was time to start blogging \u2013 not because I do it, but because he has friends at school who have blogs. His blog is called <a href=\"http:\/\/sciencekidalex.blogspot.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cAlex\u2019s Stuff\u201d<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotosearch.com\/comp\/RBL\/RBL173\/mc_24.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fotosearch.com\/comp\/RBL\/RBL173\/mc_24.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a>I\u2019m not sure <a href=\"http:\/\/parenting.blogs.nytimes.com\/2008\/11\/19\/at-what-age-would-you-let-your-child\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">at what age<\/a> it is appropriate to have one\u2019s own blog, or whether there even is such a thing as an \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/safety\/what_age_is_right_for_your_childs_own_email_account-21904.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">appropriate age<\/a>\u201c. <\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div>For the time being, it looks like his blog is going to be an entertaining source of information about age-appropriate online games, funny videos, and other such things.<\/div>\n<div>If you have a child in that age group, perhaps they\u2019d like to pay a visit to <a href=\"http:\/\/sciencekidalex.blogspot.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alex\u2019s Stuff<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div>One thing I can say for sure: his <em>father<\/em> would value feedback on blogging as a passtime for kids. This is one case in which I can\u2019t draw on my own experience as a point of reference! <\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div>I can also share already a reason I value his blogging. I learned from it that he actually <em>enjoys<\/em> playing the violin (that\u2019s not always what he says when we tell him he needs to practice).<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/38\/102207751_358fa6e928.jpg?v=0\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a> <\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-5550011339600966905?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was 8 years old, there was no such thing as the internet, at least in anything like the form in which it exists today. 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