There's no denying that kids today are a bit more privileged today than ever before. Given a cell phone at 10 years old, gives them a lot of power that kids never experienced before. "With great power comes great responsibility", right? There also comes a lot more privacy issues that parents are as equipped to handle. My generation did have AOL and Instant Messenger, but we also talked on the phone a lot. If you were on the internet, your parents couldn't use the phone, until they got a second line just for the computer.
Below is a list I compiled that I dealt with that kids today won't:
- Writing a Facebook status that always has "is" in it.
- Being stuck at one location to log-in to AOL (ethernet, desktops, etc.)
- It you did get a wifi card, it had to be an external connector (not every device had wifi built into it)
- Working for less than the price of your lunch ($5.50/hr)
- Being restricted to "free" calls after a certain time and not going over your minutes.
- Sending too many text messages and watching your parents phone bill skyrocket
- Having to wait until your lunch period to eat food in class
- Picking a handful of cds you want to listen to while on vacation.
- Calling collect and fitting an entire message to your parents in 2 seconds.
- Calling someone's house and having their parents answer
Have one that I didn't think of? Add 'em below!
Having your parents kick you off the internet because they needed to make a phone call.
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