I would like to start off by saying, when I was younger about 4 or 5, there was only your basic PC computer (desktop). All my friends and I were cool if we had that 180 box of crayons with the built in sharpener or even the newest "hit clips". Now, 5 year olds are walking around with iPods and iPhone's. Sure they could be their parents', but a lot of the kids I babysit have their own. I would say probably at least 80% of children today know how to use this new technology and they don't even have to know how to read.
When I was between 8-11 none of my friends had any forms of social media. Some of us had an email address or AIM that we would chat on at night with our friends. Nowadays, I see younger kids on instagram posting pictures. Some of their parents just give them these sources of technology and either don't know what their kids are doing or don't care because its what everyone else is doing.
Generations are changing and I feel that by 2030, our children or even grandchildren are not going to own paper books, board games or regular stuffed animal toys.
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