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The hardest part for a young child is consistently spelling a larger vocabulary than is used by the dictionary.
– jpaugh
Commented Aug 2, 2019 at 19:04
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Still, teaching the concepts is probably waay more important than getting it secure --- similar to the strategy taken by dentists when dealing with children.
– jpaugh
Commented Aug 2, 2019 at 19:07
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@jpaugh The nice thing about using words as symbols instead of characters is that, if they forget how to spell it, they can always use spell check or a dictionary. Compare this with a "traditional" password where you're out of luck if you forget which special character you used or what position it was in.
– forest
Commented Aug 3, 2019 at 7:23
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This is the correct answer. Horses, batteries and staples agree
– Machavity
Commented Aug 3, 2019 at 14:52
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You probably want to seek out a more child-friendly wordlist than the traditional diceware wordlist, possibly from the EFF or building your own from "basic English" or early education word lists. The good news is kids probably don't have very many high-value accounts; you can teach the proper techniques, etc. with a shorter word list than you'd use for more high-value accounts as an adult.
– Ben
Commented Aug 6, 2019 at 16:33

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