{"id":1294,"date":"2010-05-20T20:56:35","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T01:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=1294"},"modified":"2010-05-20T20:57:08","modified_gmt":"2010-05-21T01:57:08","slug":"it-doesnt-pay-to-underestimate-the-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2010\/05\/20\/it-doesnt-pay-to-underestimate-the-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"It doesn’t pay to underestimate the kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The children are our future (and we should be very afraid!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nFrom Luke Wroblewski on Twitter<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\nMy 17 month old son can start the iPad, unlock it, find (by navigating 3 screens) and run his favorite app: Dr. Seuss ABC.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When our wonderful son was about that age, he could turn on TVs at stranger’s houses; he’d figured out that it was the rightmost button (a pattern I’d never noticed).<\/p>\n

The adaptability of young folks to what us oldies see as new and often confusing (or downright terrifying) circumstances may be the only thing that allows us to pull out of the many tailspins we’ve initiated<\/a>. So when some politician babbles on about how “the children are our future”, see if their track record backs that up, and hold their feet to the fire if it doesn’t.<\/p>\n\n\t

\n\tTags: adaptability<\/a>, age<\/a>, children<\/a>, future<\/a>, iPad<\/a>, kids<\/a>, luke wroblewski<\/a>, Sub-Evil Boy<\/a>, Thomas<\/a>, TV<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, young folks<\/a>
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