A Child of Technology!

Keith and I were talking the other day and I am sure it was much like a conversation that our parents had at one time when we were young as well. We were discussing how Kinley will never know a world in which everything wasn't at your fingertips whenever you wanted it. She will never know a phone that doesn't have an off button, nor will she ever know the days of paying for each minute you used the internet. She will always live in a world of technology that is at your fingertips at all times.

As a former teacher and mother one of the most difficult lessons to teach children is that of delayed gratification. This lesson is getting harder and harder to teach. I myself don't like the idea of not having my email whenever I want it and I have to have my phone with me at all times or I feel lost.

So lately Kinley has been asking for "Elmo on Demand". A.K.A. Sesame Street on demand. Sesame Street is the only tv show that Kinley watches. So if we miss it in the morning sometimes in the afternoon I will find it "on demand" for her to watch. Admittedly this is great for when I am doing laundry, blogging or cooking dinner. However, I have to believe that technology has reached the mind of the 2 year old when Kinley has a request like this morning.

I asked her to go upstairs so we could get dressed and she said "no Mommy, I want Austy on demand!" Austy (A.K.A. Austin) is Kinley's best friend and she wanted to see him then. Maybe in a few years technology will be there for her to have "Austy on demand!"