Digital Native In The Wild Gifts

"You're right, it�s a feral phone!"

"This isn't exactly what I had in mind when I told you to go outside and play."

'Not that net!'

"Let me just check my email, my texts, my missed calls, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, my credit score, my horoscope, the results of this latest personality test, the S. & P., the Dow, the news, this article about cute dogs, and the weather, and then we can go."

"Couldn't you have just laughed instead of spelling 'LOL' in your alphabet soup?"

Olivia just hacked into the boy scouts' site and sold them 30,000 boxes of cookies.

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

"No, I really thought each sentence ended with an emoji!"

"...and before you embark upon life's journey, could one of you help me with my laptop?"

Wifi in Hell

#Whyneighborsdon'tknowtheirneighbors

"Listen to this: 'Technology reduces the time we spend on a given task, but increases the number of tasks we're expected to do.' Sounds like a no-win situation to me!"

Ahh! The sounds of nature! Peep peep. Tweet tweet! Twitter. Croak croak. Sniff sniff. Ribbit. Human nature. Twitter twitter. Tippity tap tap. Cackle cackle! Bleep bleep.

"I can't find my other boot. I need to be rebooted."

Bird Tweet.

"Why would I want to meet Santa? I can just go home and log onto his social media page from the comfort of my bed."

Digital Fomo!

"Aah! Bless! Look at him on his I-pad!"

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

"It's so cute when the boss brings his son to work and pretends to let him help out!"

'The school computers are six months old. How can I be expected to be competitive in the job market if I'm trained on obsolete equipment?'

"Lazy? I've been social-networking my ass off."

'Good night, Dear. Text me if you need anything.'

"I'd like to TikTok your offer and get comments before saying yes or no."

"He sits there all day waiting to chase the email man."

"Sorry, but I don't know how to tie a Reef Knot. Give me a simple project, like building a computer."

A child sitting on a swing - while playing with a hand-held electronic device or phone

Trick or Tweet

Baby Screen Time

'Dad! Dad! Dad!!. . . We lost our signal.'

The Evolution Of Man.

"My Blackberry will get in touch with your Blackberry."

'New Game'

'After we learn the alphabet, are we going to learn how to text?'

"Don't blame me for the grade, blame Google's algorithms."