My siblings and I bought my baby brother a tablet for his birthday in May. We talked last night on the phone and this is what came of it.
C: Did you know Dad deleted the wi-fi?
Me: Yeah, I heard...how're you holding up?
C: Holding up?
Me: Uh...how are you doing without wi-fi?
C: It sucks dude.
Me: Why?? Do you use wi-fi that often?
C: YES! I need it for Minecraft!
Me: Is that all you use it for?
C: Well...I watch Youtube...
Me: ...........
C: And I also download apps.
Me: Well, I think there are other things you can do without wi-fi.
C: Like what?
Me: You could read...
C: My Kindle app doesn't work without wi-fi though...
Me: Read...an actual paper book?
C: Like a real book? Ew.
LAWLS. LAWLS. What in the world. I'm responsible for creating this technology-monster. A couple of things:
1. I love when he refers to getting rid of or closing something, he says "deletes ..." What a cutie!
2. I also love that he's still young enough not to understand idioms yet. Everything is literal to him.
3. Instead of calling it the internet, he calls it "wi-fi." He pauses between wi and fi as if to signify the hyphen between the two syllables.
4. It worries me, however, that at the young age of 7, he can navigate around Youtube. What else on the interwebz can he navigate??
5. It worries me even MORE, that he knows how to download apps. Is he only downloading the free ones? And if not, who's footing the bill for app downloads???
6. You can totally read on your Kindle without the internet.
7. It broke my heart into a billion pieces when he said "ew" to actual paper books. He's lucky he's cute and of my own flesh and blood.
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