@elena @yunohost In my humble opinion, not being an educator, I think these matters should be covered in the French collèges during the Technology lessons (so, when kids are between 12 and 14).

It's right about the time they now usually get a smartphone (if it's not already done), and would be great to reflect with them about what's personal data, which entities can collect and process it, where can it be stored... leading to how the Internet is built now, how many services are centralized, and how we trust the service providers and companies with our digital lives.

... and that alternatives exist. 😇

@elena I love explaining stuff to small children!

If I would have to explain (some aspect) of digital sovereignty to a 4 year old. I would do it as follows: in your class, you have toys. Which is nice, so you can play. But in some schools, there are also toys that are shared over all classrooms. Is this the case in your school? Imagine that you your class has shared all its toys. But now the other classes have decided you can't play with them anymore. That would be no fun and not fair.

@yunohost@toot.aquilenet.fr @elena@aseachange.com On my side I initiate my 12yo to sharkey and peertube and we use signal in the family. No surveillance platform on teenagers mobile 🙎

@elena I bet she is super proud of you!

I have tried to explain what I do to my kids and my best received explanation was „I build LEGOs all day but there aren’t actually any LEGOs it’s all in my mind“. And sometimes just Internet Plumber.

@yunohost

@elena your post makes me immediately think of the "Mommy, why is there a server in the house?" book https://ia601600.us.archive.org/13/items/mommybook/mommybook.pdf

I'm still not sure what Microslop were trying to achieve there, the contents are corny and, ugh, sexist, but maybe the concept has some merit

@whitehotaru speaking of, I can't wait for my little one to be a bit older so we can do projects with Raspberry Pis 😆​