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Technology is upon us
Lynn here. Long time no post, I know. I have been busy covering the world of Loudoun business and making numerous art projects out of cardboard with my four-year old son.Which brings me to this blog post.
I am a realist and I realized not long ago as I was having a conversation with my older son, that kids these days are most likely smarter than we are, but that is another post that I don't have the time, or research to get into.
With this post, I wanted to focus on kids knowledge of technology. Two stories state my case....
Santa sent an email
So around Thanksgiving, the elves come out in my house. Yes, I said the elves.
It is a trick I learned from my mother. The one thing that will get a child to behave immediate is the threat of not getting any gifts from Santa Claus. And the best way to do it is to simply point to Santa's little helpers.
So the day after Thanksgiving, elves visit our house and make it their home until Christmas Eve. (I hide little elves all over the house so instead of fighting with my children to behave, I point to the elves and tell my kids that they better behave because 'the elves are watching.' Amazingly it works everytime!)
Anyway, this year there was an instance where my kids and I were out and about my older one was not being good at all. I didn't have the backing of the elves, so I said the next best thing I could think of:
Me: “You know. I got an email the other day and do you know who it was from?”
My older son: “NO!”
Me: “It was from Santa Claus. He emailed me to have me tell you that you have not been very good lately and that you are close to being put on the naughty list. And it is much harder to work your way off the naughty list than it is to stay on the nice list. So you better start acting better.”
My son: “Santa knows your email?”
That did not go the way I thought it would. Well, it did because my son worked his way back, as he put it “safely on the nice list” but I was expecting him to ask what an email was. Apparently, he is already up to speed on the 21st Century way of communicating.
(Though, he now sees me as having an 'in' with Santa.)
The other story that made me realize how knowledgeable he is was what he had me make tonight (May 13) out of cardboard.
It wasn't a sword, a telescope or a boat. It was an iPod!
Yes, I am going back in time making toys out of things as simple as string, cardboard and tape – something I am delighted to see my son enjoy in this world of talking toys that light-up, move on their own and require batteries. But an iPod!
Boy Apple had a great marketing plan. Grab them while their young!!!!!
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