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By Isabelle Southcott
Talking techno
Do you ever feel like your children are light years ahead of
you when it comes to understanding technology?
I am constantly amazed at how much my kids know when it
comes to iPods, computers, DVD players, and anything else that
blinks and needs to be plugged in.
It’s almost as if children are born knowing how to do this
stuff. My mom, who is almost 80, finds it all quite confusing.
She can send a basic email and create a word document but
beyond that, she’s not interested.
The advent of today’s social media — Facebook, Twitter and
so on — lets you communicate with many people at one time.
Although there are benefits to this, one should be cautious, especially
when it comes to children, because photos and items
posted could come back to haunt them (do you really want a
potential employer seeing photos of you partying with your
friends?) And if your kids have a Facebook account, make sure
you are one of their friends so you can see who they are talking
to. Social media also carries the risk of predators finding them.
I’m not the swiftest person when it comes to keeping up with
my kids. In fact, it was only last year that I finally found out
what LOL means in an email — laughing out loud. Or how about
OBTW? (Oh, By The Way) or :) (A Happy Face) or BF (best
friend) and the list goes on.
That’s not all. How about kids with cell phones? We see them
everywhere texting each other. I was in the mall just over a
month ago and there were five young teenage girls standing in a
group with their cell phones out. I don’t know exactly what they
were saying but it could have gone something like this:
“IDK about U (I don’t know about you) but I think those are
TSR (totally stupid rules). My GF said her BF is one of those
PWCMCIA (people who can’t memorize computer industry acronyms).
BTW (by the way) I am going for a BIO break (washroom
break) so I will TTYL. BFN (Bye for Now).
Confused? Me too! There’s a whole new language out there
that teens are learning and it’s not a credit course in school, but
they are learning it nevertheless.
For those of you who, like me, are challenged in net lingo,
don’t despair. Your kids probably know everything you need to
know and I’m sure they’ll be happy to teach you!
Oh, and MTFBWY (May the force be with you).
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