Tech-savvy Kid Gifts

'Thanks, but my homework is a little beyond your skill set, Mom.'

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

'Honey, look how cute...The kids have started their own little business.'

'Sure, it's all fun and games until someone loses an iPhone.'

'It won't change pictures when I rub my finger over it.'

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

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

Modern Day Hide And Seek.

Child warning mum not to punish her because only she can work the internet

'I went through the data and found an 11.7% increase in the discretionary spending portion of our family budget, so I see no reason not to raise my allowance.'

'Where's the spell checker on a pencil?'

"Mommy, you forgot to tweet me good night."

"It's a pet, not a video game."

"Today in school we learned how to text our names."

Even to the casual observer, it was quite clear which of the pre-schoolers had a smart phone...'

"Daddy, will you read me my Twitter feed?"

"I don't know what else we can do. He won't look up from the screen!"

"What do you mean I have to be more active? Today I visited websites on swimming, biking and climbing."

Children sitting in bumper cars playing on their cellphones.

"No, I don't play. I just watch people play on the internet."

'I'm not good at coloring inside the lines, but I can fix it in Photoshop.'

"Yes, you were born into the era of passwords and user-names. . . why do you ask, Mycat_2014?"

"I apprecite the effort, dad, but I've already downloaded it to my tablet."

WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN!, 'It was neat! -- they have flat-screen blackboards!'

Trying to get kids into sports

"I won the spell-check bee."

"I've been interfacing with mud."

'LOL!'

"Is the screen lock on? When I turn the book, the text doesn't reorient itself."

"It's no fair playing tag with him. He has a drone."

"If you had been reading my Tweets we wouldn't be wasting so much time with these dumb questions..."

"I'll tell you what a 'flash crash' is if you tell me what a 'flash drive' is."

"She's suffering from separation anxiety. I grounded her from her phone for 10 minutes."

"Such a soothing ritual - tuck her in, read a story, then she social networks all night."

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