Is "geek" the new sexy? Not sure about that assertion, but it is fun to think about the need and method for passing on the 'geek' culture to our children. Frank Catalano (Geekwire blogger) shares his 7 tips for raising 'geeklets' - children of geek parents.
His top 7 tips:
- Let your child fail.
- Expose him/her to fine art.
- Expose your child to Star Wars.
- Let him/her see you reading for pleasure.
- Encourage them to tinker/hack or excessively explore.
- Volunteer in elementary school.
- Promote face time.
While the premise is fun, the points are dead on. Reader comments are worth examining, as well.
Read the post here.
For our geeklet, our family time was playing multi-user Age of Empires games. Unfortunately, he laughs at Star Wars preferring instead Matrix, and the most recently Inception. Mindcraft has given way to League of Legions, and facetime is via Skype with individuals around the world. Soon to head off to engineering school - wants to build 'stuff'.
It is a new way of growing up and growing community. It will be exciting to watch what these world-wide collaborators achieve in the next 25-50 years.
Are you a parent of a geeklet? What elements of geek culture/lifestyle are you passing on?

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