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May I make an alternative suggestion. Since children - especially unattended - find out in quick order much more about computers than a lot of adults know, rather than trying to stop that learning process, just take reasonable precautions, like routinely backing up your files. In the case of VV, those are the *.ldw files in the games folder. That way you get the best of both worlds: the villagers and your other work will be safe, and the child's learning curve isn't stymied.

Better to punish children so they learn not to touch things they aren't supposed to (this is presuming this six-year-old isn't supposed to, of course). Children need to learn to be considerate of others if they are going to grow into good adults. Sure, we should back up our files as well. But when you are the only person who uses your computer 99% of the time, it seems a bit much that you're supposed to guess that someone else will ruin your stuff. Sure hard-drive crashes and such happen, but that's another thing altogether.


Edited by Tzigone (12/04/06 08:30 PM)