Sunday, January 1, 2012

10 Things Our Kids Will Never Worry About Thanks to the Information Revolution

You know you’re getting old when you start using the same sort of “kids these days” rants with your children that your parents threw your way long ago.

I caught myself doing this recently when I was lecturing my kids about how lucky they were to not have to get off their duffs every time they wanted to change the channel on TV. I had to explain to them how, back in those Non-Digital Dark Ages of the 1970s, their Grandpa used me as his remote control. I also lamented to my kids that we only had 4 or 5 channels “on the dial” from which to choose in the Chicagoland area. It was at that point my daughter asked me what “on the dial” meant............... (continued)

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