I think I am getting to the point where my kids have more gadgets than I do. My oldest has not only a gameboy, but his very own ipod, digital camera, radio/cd player, alarm clock with features (that he stole from my nightstand!) and all sorts of other little doodads and gizmos that make him one happy little 10 year old. Definitely no need for a DNA test on him, he’s definitely mine. Poor little geeky skater kid. Of course the one gadget he really wants, a cell phone, he does not have because I just don’t see the need for it.
Honestly, despite my jealousy over him having his own ipod nano (and me having no ipod at all) I have to admit that I’m glad the kids are learning their technology at a young age. When I was there age there was no such thing as technology for kids, or at least that’s how it felt. Maybe I should word that differently, it wasn’t encouraged the way it is now. They use the computers at school for all sorts of things, tests, reports, projects, they even search the web when they have a question in class. It’s fantastic and I think the bits of technology do have something to do with our kids learning way more than we ever did at their age. Dylan is only 10 and going into 5th grade and he knows more algebra than I ever learned from 1st grade all the way through college!
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