Being a Kid of the Future
The perks of growing up in 2014
Remember growing up as a kid, what did you do? Play with LEGO, annoy your neighbours by ringing their doorbell and running away as fast as you can, or wait for the ice cream truck to come?
Move over. The kids of 2014 are way past that, they already mapped out where the ice cream truck stops and the shortest way to get there for the freshest ice cream of the day.
As a girl, you now no longer have limited options of things to play with. Goldie Blox is a toy company out to show the world that girls deserve more choices than dolls and princesses. They believe that femininity is strong and girls will build the future — literally. Because being a 9-year old girl, doesn’t mean you cannot start your own company by coding an app that makes setting up playdates way easier.
Engineering is just a little part of the genius kids that are growing up right now. The kids from 2014 can pick from several options like Cody the Coder, Tynker or Codecademy to learn everything from building websites, to letting a machine do exactly what they want. Even Forbes agrees that this is the way to go:
“Technology has transformed education but while students learn how to use it, they rarely learn how it works. Now a growing realisation among educators that this gap needs to be filled is prompting a new revolution, in the belief that teaching children how to code will give them a skill for life.”
And to not let them fade away behind a screen, they can try their skills out at the Kids Hack Day events that are popping up everywhere.
From Mark Zuckerburg and Bill Gates to Will.i.am, people all over the world are trying to get kids to code.
So, think before you buy another useless toy for your kid for Christmas. They might have a Raspberry Pi kit on their wish list.
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