I started listening... [mind you I am the best at multitasking...I can overhear a conversation, watch the All Stars Basletball Game while doing homework and planning a Youth Activity via text message] ...back to me eavesdropping...I heard the younger ask the older, "Did you have internet when you were a kid Dad?" Aging himself my husband answered, "No", and went on to tell a tale of the first computers and how technology is changing so fast these days compared to when he was growing up.
My sons response to all of this was reminescent of days past when he found an old "phone" that he ever so innocently asked his "elderly" father - LOL - if this [photo below] was his cell phone when he was a kid.
"how did this fit in your pocket Dad?"
Mind you all I did not even have a cell phone until my oldest child was 9 or ten years old - how did I survive those toddler years without a way to post all my childrens amazing accomplishments from hour to hour, right!
Lest I digress - in regards to the lack of internet during my husbands childhood my son said to his father "Dad - is that why they called it the Dark Ages?"
The effects on this generation growing up NOT knowing any other life than a life with multiple facets of technology and media is certainly going to be interesting. I look forward to reading up on what professionals think the future will be for them.
posted by Stacie, not for credit
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