http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/ Engadget Comments for Bill Gates clamps down on daughter's internet time http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 21st 2007 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/
This is an excellent example set by a technology authority.]]>Feb 21st 2007 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/
You guys rock at tech stuff, leave the parenting to the parents. You can criticize every aspect of parenting if you chose to. It is his kid, if he wants punish her by taking away internet, hitting her, forcing to eat liver and onions, or good ol' sending her to her room, its his choice.]]>Feb 21st 2007 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 21st 2007 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 21st 2007 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 21st 2007 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 21st 2007 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 21st 2007 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 22nd 2007 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Don't make me roll my eyes at you!

Srsly though, every parent should closely monitor and control their children's gaming and computer habits. He's obviously setting her up to be a responsible adult when she grows up. Good for him.]]>Feb 21st 2007 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 21st 2007 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 21st 2007 7:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 21st 2007 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 21st 2007 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 21st 2007 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 21st 2007 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 21st 2007 11:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 21st 2007 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 21st 2007 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 21st 2007 8:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/
I've long since told my fiancee, who suffers from some minor tendonitis as well, that our future children will be prevented from using the computers as much as we have in our childhood and encouraged to participate in athletics and outdoor activities.

Let them be children while they still have their health and energy, and let the computers come in later in their life when their careers and education begin to depend on it and slowly rot away their body as it has mine.]]>Feb 21st 2007 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/
I'm selling my stock in Microsoft.]]>Feb 21st 2007 8:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/
Shame on Engadget -- this is a GOOD example of what parents should be doing.]]>Feb 21st 2007 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/6 hrs school = 25% of a 24 hr. day
2 hrs homework = 8% of a 24 hr day
45 min watching = 3% of a 24 hr day
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7.25 hrs left for eating, family time, TV, Movies, Outside, hanging out

I would have to say that he isn't unreasonable, she is only 10 yr. old.
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This Reuters report is blown way out of proportion. He isn't restricting her use of a computer, he is just taking advantage of one of Vista's new features to block internet and game access because he believes his daughter is wasting too much time on these activities.

He has noticed her health diminishing and her chore accomplishments plummeting. I don't think this is a matter of "daddy's little girl stumbling upon some form of cyber predator." He probably just wants her to get outside and enjoy being a kid while she still can. What is so wrong with that?

I love Engadget, but this article is ridiculous. ]]>Feb 21st 2007 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/
I'm even learning programming, and graphic design, and film, from the internet, and I'm only 15.]]>Feb 21st 2007 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/
what kind of f**ed up world do we live in where people think it's NECESSARY for 10 year olds to use a tablet PC for school?]]>Feb 21st 2007 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/who do not know what the hell they are talking about blame 'video games'
and 'internet use' while no one points their fingers at the parents who
in the end are responsible for their children's habits and behavior. Great
job Bill. You're a good dad.]]>Feb 21st 2007 11:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 21st 2007 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 21st 2007 9:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 21st 2007 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/
My parents were extremely diligent, too, so I made sure I sought higher education in other towns and states. Little Gates can, too, in eight years, give or take some months. Then again, if Bill's draconian strictures are needed to keep his child from loosing a film of herself having intimate moments with someone's ex-husband and becoming a sensationalized plague on society, more power to him!

There was a time when people couldn't see why kids had to have calculators for school, and now we see the same lack of understanding about tablet PCs. I, for one, am glad that we have progressed beyond India ink bottles, quills and one-room schoolhouses!

My husband wants it known that he sides with Bill. Good thing I won't take time off from the net to raise any kids :)]]>Feb 21st 2007 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/
I would get a pirated copy of vista ultimate and then when he attempts to time restrict me find a workaround and just piss him off ;)

Lol, then again if I was his son and got caught pirating Vista who would I pay when I settle?]]>Feb 22nd 2007 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/
True irony: they don't make those anymore.]]>Feb 22nd 2007 12:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 22nd 2007 1:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 22nd 2007 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/
And a side note: Physical activity is overrated. Get what exercise you need, spend more time enriching your mind. Learn Spanish. Learn C++ and Python. Develop OSS. Play sudoku. Life is only so long. And soon, the brain will be the one body part we won't be able to swap out on a whim. Might as well concentrate your efforts on it. There is a balance, and I'm not it, but there's more to life than physical action. Really. All I ever hear is the opposite. Pathetic.]]>Feb 22nd 2007 2:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 26th 2007 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/
Note that he didn't whine to congress to take care of this issue like other parents do. The man is obviously focused on his family and his philanthopy and not on MS. That is cool in my book. He can jsut walk away and let SteveB run it into the ground.]]>Feb 22nd 2007 3:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 22nd 2007 5:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/I agree with the sentiment that there's no reason to think anything is great about forcing kids to go outside instead of learning. If a kid has a decent diet, has recreational time at school, etc., then why force them to not be learning if that's their preference? Other cultures push their kids to learn, which is why they're stomping us in terms of educated workforce. We should encourage the kids who want to learn and stop bullying them for not being simpletons. Why not let outdoor types be outdoor types and indoor types be indoor types?
As to developing injuries, I certainly know more people that have scars and disabilities from playing outdoors as kids than from reading books. I don't see that the potential risk of carpal tunnel or whathaveyou is that great, or that the potential risk of injury should keep anyone from doing what they love, but certainly it'd be good to teach kids proper habits and encourage ergonomic accessories being used.
I'm really responding more to the baseless comments than to the article, because as far as I'm concerned the article is a PR fluff piece. None of you are Bill Gates' child, so none of you have any idea what kind of parent or man he is; you see what targeted PR reveals, and nothing more. It's very convenient that he decides to 'reveal' whatever aspect of his parenting make him seem more human while still relating to his products, but really, the only reason this information was revealed was for marketing. ]]>Feb 22nd 2007 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 22nd 2007 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 22nd 2007 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/
--EJM]]>Feb 24th 2007 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/
I'm a regular reader of Engadget and agree with the previous comments that they should stick to commenting on what they do best: gadgets, not parenting.

The "tad illogical" comment is particularly shallow and obviously not based on much thought. I'm sure that the CEO of a pharmaceutical company would encourage and set rules for the responsible use of pharmaceutical drugs for their children, and the list of parallel examples goes on. "Slapping restrictions on" internet usage as the article's author puts it is the responsibility of every parent- and Bill Gates should understand this (and apparently- he does) very well. ]]>Feb 26th 2007 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Feb 27th 2007 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/21/bill-gates-clamps-down-on-daughters-internet-time/Mar 13th 2007 11:13AM