She is little, so yeah deffo time for tech education. My own kids were not particularly interested, but she is, so that's a nice change.

Edit: I am gonna start with Faraday Cage. Thanks.

Being the "confused grandparent" might be a fantastic way to teach via the Socratic method. Moreso if one is savvy enough to know what's likely being done (such as remote-admin by the school board), what is rather dystopian and ought to be avoided (see above), and how to work around the blocks put in place by others.

I like the thinking here. Good to draw from.

I don't think you will, but just to be safe: don't come off as crazy paranoid grandpa please!

Yeah, not now. But when the discussion gets to radios and phones, I will. Foundation stuff.

Right now, we are doing lots of basic science.

She did ask how the cellphone works.

When she can understand something about radio, yeah. Cell phone does not answer in here, why?

Right now, it is TikTok. Fun!

Ham radio tech license is a great way to apply some of the "irrelevant" parts of science like the speed of light, frequencies, layers of the atmosphere, and can even lead to fun things like talking to astronauts on the ISS.

Agreed, and I had one as a teen. She is still young, but loves to communicate. Good to keep this idea in mind.