My LOML takes care of our 2 1/2 year old Grand Daughter 2 days aweek, I have her on Wednesdays. Yesterday before we left for our weekly trip of adventure, really while Grandpa got his act together, I was watching her play her DVDs and Tapes. This little girl can work both the VCR and DVD player with no trouble. When you try to do it for her she says, "Me do it" and all she askes is if the tape cartridge is going in the right way. She knows how to change the setting on the TV so the DVD will play and how to Slect the correct thing from the DVD menu. I have talked to my Son in Idaho about this and his kids can do the samething. Talked to other Grandparents and they say the same thing to some extent. She watches Barney, and the Little Einstien videos and seems to learn a lot from them. She also knows how to use the cell phone to call her mom and dad by using speeddial. She brings me mine and says "Daddys or Mommys number" then pushes that number and the send/call button. We have put the Cell and cordless phones up high and the cell is turned off to prevent acidental long distance calls. These kids now a days are not technicly challenged. In the shop she wants to know what every tool does, but for saftey sake all the safety devices on the on/off switches are removed and she is not allowed to play with them. she does have a hammer and a phillips screwdriver she uses to pound dowels and put screws into predrilled holes. She has used the 14V cordless drill with my help to drill holes but she says it is to heavy for her. She loves our trips on Wednesdays to the Railroad museum and Air museum, besides the Zoo and Fairytale town or any place that has something new to see. Now she is showing intrest in my computer so I guess I will drag out the old one(kept as a spare) and set it up in the sun room for her and the other 3 grandkids to use. I wonder what this generation of kids will invent or bring into the world in the future?
Tom
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Pat
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