Is it just me???
The internet today is something that children, as young as 3, know what to do once they are placed if front of it. I know this because of the fact that my nephew who is this age plays games, “Thomas the Train” on the internet. I was in shock when I went to visit my sister and her husband and my sister tells my nephew “show Auntie your new game”, me thinking of a puzzle or “normal” childhood game, my nephew runs to the computer, turns it on and goes to the website (in the history). When I left that day I could not decide what bothered me more that my 3 year old nephew knew how to work the internet or the fact that I did not even have an email address until I had to once I started college 4 years back. Than I started thinking “was is this normal”??? “Was this safe”???? I know technology is booming but HOLY S*%T! My nephew is only 3 turning 4 in 2 weeks and he is only interested in “Thomas the Train”, not so worried, but what happens when he is 11 or 12 years old??? When other things start to interest him, by that time he could be a hacker…joking…but serious? I know there are “Net Nanny” and programs to that sort but how safe are they? It is not as if you can tell a child not to play on the internet because of its GREAT advantages, it just makes me think of how our world will be at that time???…
