My wife says I shouldn't teach my kids coding
Published By zooboole
I was focused on coding the other afternoon after some three sleepless days. But still, this code could not run as expected. Besides, the remaining work to do on the project is so huge that I ask myself when will I finally get rid of it. I may even have an answer to this question, but what of the upcoming projects? Uncertain future lol.
No, I am not tired of coding, and I am not planning to hang it up. In fact, I am working to improve myself. The love increases daily.
So, I was in my trouble when my wife, looking at my dark(sublime) screen, said something with a very sad and shy voice. I didn't get it well at first. Then I asked her again what she said and her reply is the following sentence:
Il ne faut pas que tu enseignes ces trucs a mes enfants. (she speaks French) Meaning: You shouldn't teach my children this stuff.
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I laughed. It was funny because some time ago she was suggesting that I should teach the kids to be great programmers. But today, looking at my pain, she doesn't want that anymore. Hahaha
But, I am not here to tell you, creepy stories. I am sharing this with you because she had a point.
As a programmer's wife, she has been observing me for years. Our lifestyle and my life in society. The hustle from getting clients to executing a project has always been hard. Every time I come back home with a bunch of money, I am never happy. And she feels sorry for me(lol). Because she knows that whenever I have money I must have a job. The bigger the money, the more important the job. Every time I start a project it's going to cost me some time to regain my focus on family plays. When the time comes and I don't get a new job fast, the house's financial issues increase.
Two main problems our wives and girlfriends have with us are:
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Not to have your husband's full attention. To them, we love our computers more. We are always looking at these tiny writings nobody understands. We don't mind them often. If you don't have a patient woman, it might cost you a lot.
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We pay less attention to our social lifestyle. We don't care much about our dress code. The awesomeness is not much our problem. And women love it when their man cares a bit about himself. After all, it's the couple's image lol.
She can't imagine her babies in such a lifestyle. It will be a Double, if not, a triple, lost. Hahaha.
But, On the other hand, coding is taking over. Everything is getting better, we need coding skills to stay up to date. Like learning to read and write, we will need that at least in coding. Soon will need programming skills to be able to use our devices. Coding will become more complex and too huge for the human brain. Devices and interfaces are becoming more and more abstract.
Wrap up
Shhh... By the way, I have started teaching them some little logic. Not hard ones. Kind of sorting... That's the basics of the algorithm already.
On a serious note. Let's teach our kids coding. Because coding teaches us how to think as Steve Jobs said it. By coding, we learn how to reason and break problems into little components that we handle.
Practicing such exercise, it's like doing Yoga. It develops your sense of criticism and analysis.
That's what we want the kids to do.
Hope you enjoyed this reading. Have a great weekend. (No worries, I will convince my wife Hahaha.)
