I’m trying to figure out whether to get a tiny digital camera or an Apple® iPhone® (like most mobile phones, it has a built-in camera) because my Motorola® Razr® really isn’t cutting it for photos. Thinking about the iPhone reminded me of how I got completely shown up a by 12 year old a few months back. Sweetie has an iPhone, so I have quite a bit of exposure to it, but his nephew, who does not have an iPhone, knew it so much better than I. So, I’m either an old dinosaur or kids these days really are the tech whizzes…uh, or both…! Joking aside, it is pretty amazing how much kids know about the latest and greatest tech gadgets. I just really don’t remember if that was the case when I was growing up?!?
Kids These Days! (geez, did I just say that?)
April 23, 2009 by TC
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Don’t feel left out – my eight year old changes my cell phone ringers and sets up reminders for me on it all the time – without me knowing how to do it myself and enjoying my surprises when my phone does something I don’t expect!
Kids rock when it comes to the techno stuff!
Yeah – these kids will ask over and over for that iPhone – and when I get it back, it’ll have a hundred pictures on it… that’s likely how I got this one of my nephew, Lucas.
I grew up in Gen-Y (yeah I know, young right?), so the computer was a staple in our house from the day my parents came home with the Apple 2E and “Reader Rabbit” (one of the first computer learning games- we’ve come along way since then) in the mid 80’s. My mom used the computer a lot for work so I could never out-do her, but My dad was another story. I think he was still using an abbicus until 2000. I still push my dad to the side, saying “Get out of the way, let me do it!” He gets so frustrated with me, because he is willing to learn, but I am not willing to take the time to teach him…he is an old dog and he won’t remember anyway… LOL! (just kidding dad!). So I completely understand it from the “Kids” perspective. “We” aren’t afraid to push buttons or take risks with technology, like our parents are. You know how they say “You learn from your mistakes”? Well, that’s how “we” figure this tech stuff out…so just keep pushing buttons, you’ll figure out the ringer and the reminders Dawn! Technology is all about playing so have fun with it!