Phone & Tablet Apps
Does anyone remember the world before apps? When a phone
wasn't the primary camera carried around, or talking into the phone for turn by
turn directions? I grew up in a home where the phone was attached to the wall
(and you went only as far as the cord would let you). My children will remember
my childhood as we did our own parents, 8Track players and records. Now I can
use my phone or computer to stream to the television...
Our children thankfully are only as educated to the world
around them as their peers. They are exposed only to what interests other kids
their age. Apparently it used to be cool for older kids on the playground to do
MineCraft, now they've outgrown it and it is a trend that has trickled down to
the younger kids. Ironically our children are just getting into things as
commercialism is starting to saturate the market (posters, TShirts, and
binders). And lets be realistic, once it is cool for mom and dad it is already
on its way to dying out. The coolest trends are those that don't have your
grandmother farming virtual homesteads and your mom posting on your wall for
your friends to see (obscure).
MineCraft ... https://minecraft.net
Parenting has been a learning experience that often takes me
out of my own comfort zone or linear way of seeing things. Children are being
raised in a whole new world, and the most we can do is learn so we can prepare
them for how to face it.
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