Quad core isn't a definitive, say it's an FX chip, it's not going to be nearly comparable to an i5 3ghz
8gb is ok, but for content creation you really want 16gb min (video creation is under content creation).
a gtx 1050, in my opinion isn't a gpu that's designed for gaming, bare min you want a 1060. lets not forget part of this content creation your child likely will be doing does warrant good looking graphics. Content is 50% quality video, 50% caster or commentator. While a commentator might be awesome, if their content looks like ****, I don't want to watch it.
I don't subscribe to the "gaming addiction", I'm a gamer, and if you ask me to do something I'm going to tell you "after this match is over". now if it's a pausable game, then there's like a 90% chance ill pause. The other 10% is if im in a battle like dark souls, you need to have your rotations and all that, focused.
I find that most people that subscribe to the gaming addiction are those that demand things be done right when it's said. Kids are people too, while they should respect their elders, most elders don't show them any respect and start flipping out on them because they didn't shut off the game at the barking orders of the parent. (not saying this is you, just things I've observed even in myself).
Video Games are identical to when we were kids and went outside to play. only kids today are vastly superior to us in problem solving, dexterity, and planning due to games. Most parents don't understand this because all they see is the kid staring at the tv/monitor, they have no idea how difficult games are, how you have to push yourself to be better, plan ahead, and push the limits of your reaction times.
Social media is also like our going out when we were kids, only they can see in real time, what others are up to. It's no more addictive than when you were a kid and walked miles to your friends house to go walk or ride bikes for miles. As time changes, so changes how people interact with one another.
These are just my views on it all, there do need to be boundaries but at the same time leaway.
no matter what path you take in parenthood, our job is to give our children the tools they need to succeed. I personally think that equipping your child with a bad-*** computer is one of those tools that lets them open their creativity and figure out what they want to do with their lives. Should it not fall into becoming the next large youtuber/twitch streamer, that's fine, they will take that failure and learn from it.
This xmas, will likely be the first time I don't spoil my kids. Dad bought himself a 1950x.. While I spoil my kids with amazingly expensive single items, they don't act spoiled or entitled. They understand why they got that expensive thing they asked for. They are told to try new things, strive to succeed, and when failure happens figure out what specifically you weren't doing that others were and if that's something you can do, or where things went wrong and what could have been done to avoid it.
that's just how I'm navigating the wacky world of parenting, there's no 1 path that works.. we're all going to scar our children somehow.. just hopefully the kids grow up saying my dad/mom gave me every advantage to reach my potential.
