Digital Native Gifts

"He looks so natural."

Evolution of Man

'No Facebook page, no Twitter, no blog... and you expect kids to believe in you?'

'Weird... look Dad! Someone printed out a bunch of tweets, and then they added exrta characters to all the words...' 'Or as I call it, a book!'

Santa accepts cookies on a website.

Technology continues to improve communication.

"I didn't get much sleep-I was up late playing with the settings on my sleep app."

'Does your bird talk?'

"Don't you have newspapers to deliver this morning?"

"Just so you know, I only tolerate your generation because you can troubleshoot my technology issues."

'Do something offline for a change? OK...let me see what suggestions I can find online.'

' . . . We're releasing you into the wild so that you fly free, my young eaglet. Don't forget to tweet.'

This is a 'text book' it's a bit like a website but printed on paper.

"A bunch of friends are coming over to stare at their phones."

'What do you mean, I have no social skills? I'm on myspace, linked in, facebook and twitter!'

"Anyone following me on Twitter already knows what I did this past summer."

#Whyneighborsdon'tknowtheirneighbors

'Why aren't I in school? I have an app that does that for me.'

'Hold on a minute. I'm downloading an app to monitor my app downloading.'

Indian checks email and sees that he has received Smokesignals.

"It's great the way that computer algorithms allow the internet to feed me with opinions that reinforce the ones I've already got - all on my phone!"

'Can't we handle this through more impersonal channels like text messaging?'

'Mary had a little smartphone. It's case was white as snow. Everywhere that Mary went, her phone was sure to go.'

"And to my nephew, Todd, I leave my 27 Twitter followers."

'I won't be writing this year, you can find my list on my blog.'

'Why don't you put all that stuff away, and go watch some good old-fashioned TV?'

"I don't know cursive and you don't know emoji. I'd say that makes us even."

'Hey, I clicked the 'Remember Me' box...and you don't?'

Well, whenever I lose MY sense of identity, I Google myself.

'Seriously! My parents say they remember when all you could do with a cell phone was make calls.'

"What's the matter, sweetie? You haven't touched your food or your phone."

'I didn't do my homework because I forgot my user name and password.'

"Why do I have to go to school? Why can't I just log onto their website when I get up?"

'If you have any complaints, can you come to me before posting them on Myspace?'

'It's a gadget for buying gadgets over the net.'