I also remember the first time, not long after we got to Russia, when our communication deprived selves heard of this great thing called the internet. More specifically, this thing called "email." I remember the first time we got a note that we realized that someone had written to us less than 30 MINUTES before. AWESOME!
That was ...calculating ...17 years ago (geez.).
Now, my (almost) 5 year old seriously has mastery over almost every piece of electronic equipment in our house.
Ty can manage with at least some degree of proficiency ...
- Our computers ..he is both a Mac and a PC :)
- The internet ...he can independently navigate several preschool websites including pbskids.org, disneyplayhouse.com, noggin.com, and zoodles.com
- The HD tv - he can turn on/off and knows where his allowed/favorite channels are. He can also toggle between video sources so he can ...
- Play Wii - MarioKart is his favorite, but he can switch between game discs, set up new players and is keenly aware of which race tracks on MK I am really bad at :)
- Daddy's ITouch - he loves to play the kid appropriate apps that daddy has filled his itouch with for Ty's sake.
He was, smartly, jumping from one electronic thing to another keeping him occupied, but ...
So..we started a major media withdrawal of the child on Monday. We have stopped trying to use quarters for motivation for chores and helping, and have changed our rewards to MarioKart, computer time and tv time in 15-30 minute increments.
It has really helped some of our discipline issues that were getting out of hand.
Geez, when did the future get here?
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Wow...my kids are completely computer illiterate when compared to Ty! As far as they know, we are still in the 80's:). I clearly remember getting our first computer--a Tandy, with no internet. Looking back, it was a glorified typewriter/calculator, but we thought it was the coolest thing EVER:). And then when the internet came...wow:).
It's amazing how quickly technology has changed our worlds.
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