I Want a Law Passed!!

ROFL - YES! Me too. My 7 year old had a VHS tape (I had it from college or something, I don't know) - anyway, she goes, "What IS this?!" I explained it was kind of like a DVD when I was little. She said, "Oh, no Blu-Ray either?" I told her no, no Blu-Ray. She asked, "Did you at least have an Xbox?" I told her no, we didn't have video games. "What about a Nook? Did you have one of those?" I said no, we just read regular books made of paper. Finally she goes, "Did you even have CARS way back then, or did you just ride horses?"

Apparently my kid thinks I grew up Amish.

I volunteer in the school library - when I told a 3rd grader that something was located over on a shelf by the dictionary, she said "that's an actual book?"

Yep, Kid! Dictionaries and Encyclopedias were actual books. And I graduated high school before Wikipedia and Google.

When my son was three he said he wished he knew me when I was little. I remember all excitedly asking if he wanted to be my friend and play with me. He sighed big and responded with , "No. I really want to pet a dinosaur."

When my dd was in 2nd grade, my 96 year old grandfather stayed with us for a couple of weeks. He was an interesting, mentally-sharp, kind old man and I arranged for him to visit my daughter's class. He reminded me that he hadn't been in an grade-school classroom in over 80 years.

So as he walked into her classroom he seemed to take it all in: the shiny desks, the computers, the white dry-erase board, the bright decorations, etc. He said to the teacher "My, how things have changed since I was a boy", and the teacher said to him "Yes! You must be so surprised to see the computers!" And he responded "Oh no, I meant the electric lights! I could never have imagined having electricity in a classroom when I was in second grade!"

It was a real eye-opener for the adults.

Our daughter is working with a woman who does not know anything about computers.

This lady asked my daughter if she knew "where the typewriters were located?"

.. Our daughter looked at her and was speechless.. She said all she could think of was.. to tell this woman.. 'In a museum"?

On the porch the other day was a bag. My 5 year old and I went to check it out. I pulled out a big book. DD said in a very excited tone "mom I think I have seen one of these before". Ha - it was a phonebook.

LOL! It is so humbling to have to call my 11 year old son to push the buttons in the appropriate order so I can watch a DVD. Accompanied by a heavy sigh and mumbled "it's not that hard, mom"....

My four year old the other day asked if he could play checkers on my phone...I said sure. Forgetting that I added a pass code...he says "Mom, what's your pass code?"....

He's FOUR! And knows what a pass code is. So I tell him...walk over and voila he's playing checkers already.

My daughter asked me if I liked playing with wooden dolls when I was a kid. I'm 32. I thought, how old does she think I am! :)

I'm sorry J., but when I read what Genna said, I'm ashamed to admit that I laughed. Like really laughed.

My friends son recently discovered that phones used to have cords. He thought that was so weird. He's nine.

My daughter is only four, it will come. Right now I am enjoying the fact she thinks I can fix anything.

How about 8 track tapes?

YES!!!

Or how about when they can work OUR devices better than we can at 2? I say we add that on too!

Okay, here's what disturbs me more. My TWO YEAR OLD knows how to work both the DVD player and the VCR...she can eject what she's watching, take it out, find a new one, put it in, and play it. She can turn them on and off. And no one really specifically taught her this...I realized one day that she had changed her movie and was BLOWN AWAY. I'm pretty sure when I was two, we didn't have either (lol)...I remember RENTING a VCR from the video store when I was like, 8.

I've tried to keep my children aware of what "used to be" as much as possible. We have a record player with lots of old records (mine). :) We constantly regale them with stories of our youth. Now is the time, I guess (they're seven and two)...I'm sure when they're teens, they won't want to hear it!!

Just get our POTUS to write up an executive order . . . much faster an easier than going through the legislative process.

:O

My daughter was horrified to learn I grew up without a microwave and *gasp* cellphone or internet.

Also 8 tracks are weird, lol. Her words.

How nice that my kids aren't the only ones who phrase things that way...
("What is this ___ you speak of...?") We often get the "Who is this ___ you speak of..?" though... And yeah.... it comes from both the 11 and 14 year old.

LOL

Now mind you, I am not that old...only 35...but my oldest SS's were poking fun about how their Dad and I are SO old that they probably didn't even have video games 'back in your day'....

I searched for about 2 months and bought a original Nintendo ES w/the 1st Super Mario Bros. game and brought it home and sat down and beat the whole game right in front of them....I threw that controller down like 'BAM! In YOUR FACE'!! and then walked away...it felt so great! --->Especially since I have spent so much freaking $$ on Mario Bros. games for them through the years :)

Then not to be outdone husband bought one of the Atari sets they are selling again these days and put on PONG and was like...'MmmmHmmm, I had the ORIGINAL VIDEO GAME, ya punks' I don't think I have laughed that hard in a long time...just the way he did it...it was RAD!--->to use a word from *my* generation!!

Then we had a nice talk about rotary phones and how much I would LOVE to have one again...

Will that bill take care of a teen who was handed an egg beater and asked how it worked (and where is the cord?)

Shake it like a polaroid picture? You don't shake cameras or phones!
They have a diner with a phone booth emmy was so afraid of that "glass box" when she was two and finally got in and yelled this isn't a phone! How do you get it off this thing?

YES!! my kids saw a TV that only had 13 channels on it and it had rabbit ears...they asked what "that big box is? where are all the channels? Where is the remote????"

I told them - that was what I grew up with - 13 channels and **I** was the remote!!!

My mother was from the Black Hills - DURING THE DEPRESSION - my grandfather was a miner - they didn't have running water and had an out-house until my mom was 4. Then they got in-door plumbing!!! WOW!!!

Since they've been camping in remote areas - the know out-houses..

So any way - YES!!! Pass the law!!! While you're at it - can you pass a budget too since we haven't had one in 4 years????

My daughter is shockingly tech savy. It's amazing watching her navigate the computers and laptop. She's recently started to play Skylanders by herself.

The worst is having her look through old pictures of me in highschool. "Mommy! You look so little!!"

Records, phones WITH cords, Answering machines, Internet, DVD's, and Cellphones. My son still think it is hilarious that I didn't have a cell phone until I was 25 years old. He asked what I did if I got stuck somewhere..I said, I used a payphone.."What's a payphone mom?" He's only 8 so he gets a free pass. But, Really?? I'm not THAT old..

At least I will never get the " what's Led Zeppelin" question. Very proud my son listens to Classic Rock. As well as Beastie Boys.