As a parent I would appreciate if it came with an age recommendation.

Bishonen88 16 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's right there on the page. Age 10 and above

I had a hard time finding it as well. I think maybe because the text is underlined and the font is small? It is harder to read "into" that text. Maybe it should be on its own line? Or it should be up next to "Full Color" / the cover? Maybe some "copy" pro would know the reason right away but it seems rather hard to find to me.

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BeetleB 12 hours ago | parent [-]

While I agree that it could be more prominent, the old man in me wants to scream "Don't be so lazy in reading!"

If you ignore the reviews near the end, the page doesn't have a lot of text. And not everything needs to be accessible by quickly scanning.

	▲	jen20 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I found the age guidance with cmd+F, "age", enter. Probably would have tried "year" next if that hadn't found it.

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kgwxd 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

As a parent, I find the age recommendations insulting.

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goku12 12 hours ago | parent [-]

It's only a recommendation, not a strict instruction. It's the age group that the author is targeting and is assumed to have the requisite background knowledge and reasoning skills required to follow the material. It's understood to vary between individuals.

This is similar to 'intended audience' section of technical books for adults. Do you find those insulting?

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eimrine 9 hours ago | parent [-]

He requested that age requirement, it makes him looking like an etatist. His family will never raise Terence Tao even if their boy will be exactly same qualities.

Some kids use to solder earlier than at 10y.o. so the intended audience is wrong. If the kid has not learned what is a transistor by the age of 5 yet, they are not an intended audience.

	▲	goku12 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> He requested that age requirement, Who? > it makes him looking like an etatist. Pardon me, but what does that mean? Is that a typo, or am I simply ignorant? > Some kids use to solder earlier than at 10y.o. so the intended audience is wrong. If the kid has not learned what is a transistor by the age of 5 yet, they are not an intended audience. I don't know. I can't speak for anyone else, but I do have a history related to that. No one around me knew anything about transistors or soldering. I learned those myself by referring books from the library and few others that I convinced my parents to buy me. But it was well after I was 5. The learning was rapid once I got started. That's why I confidently said that the age is a guideline and that it may vary between individuals. Learning in children is quite chaotic and it's difficult to establish hard and fast rules.