Blobs of plastic
By Jason Slater in Reader
Posted in General on January 2, 2008 at 6:47 pm
With two very young children in our household Christmas means the house is now filled with huge blobs of plastic toys - sometimes I think that friends and family either think we live in a warehouse or that they have some wicked sense of humour. I am often also gobsmacked at the almost thesis worthy way in which these toys are attached to the packaging materials which means either severed fingers or so much twisting of little plastic wire seals that the fun of the toy is lost by the time it is opened. Fortunately Santa way busy opening all their toys on Christmas Eve (and came armed to the gills with batteries) so they were ready to play come Christmas morning.After playing with these blobs of plastic for a few minutes each then raising an almost cynical eyebrow my two (nearly three) year old daughter reverted to the two things she likes
Not yet rated
Loading ...Comment by Mike Skuse - January 3, 2008 on 11:36 am
Now this is what I like to hear!, Whilst it may be odd for me to be saying this, I will anyway - if I was to have kids, I’d like them similar to this - knowing how every bit of technology in the house works, using laptops before being able to walk and knowing more about technology than me by the end of it. It is a bit of a shame that simple toys are now being thrown out of the window in replacement for video games and the like but to be honest I’m willing to make the sacrifice if that means a generation who are incredibly intellectual on the workings of technology.
Good on her for knowing more about portable dvd players and pda’s than the rest of my family put together!
Comment by Sharon Jackson - January 4, 2008 on 11:06 am
Although my kids are a bit older (10 & 12) they have both been using gadgets for years. They have (old) PDAs, digital cameras, laptops and can operate them all easily - which is more than my hubby can do! The other year my daughter got her camera and before I could offer had installed it, taken pictures and transfered them to the PC. I’m now trying to interest them in graphic design and programming, at a simple level of course. My daughter wants me to teach her web design this summer too. Kids learn quicker and better at a young age so I hope they keep at least a hobby interest in IT.
Make a comment
Tag cloud
Most commented posts
- Why we love our digital photo frame
25 comments
- Which mobile email solution to choose?
- Legacy is alive and well
- Which remote support solution to choose?
- Eek, I Have Been Removed By The BBC
- Keeping the network in season with Spiceworks 2
- Too early to think about Christmas presence?
- Technology times they are a changing...
- Virtual Servers get rebooted twice
- Are you fan of the IT Crowd?
Highest Rated Blog Posts
- Which mobile email solution to choose? (100%)
- Legacy is alive and well (100%)
- Why we love our digital photo frame (100%)
- Technology Predictions for 2008 (100%)
- Power to the people? To the computers would be nice! (100%)
- Spam, Spam, and oh ... a CV (100%)
- Got a problem? I have a spreadsheet for that! (100%)
- Am I the only person in the world who likes Mondays? (100%)
- Seeing green (100%)
- Are computers writing human programs? (100%)