Tech-savvy Sibling Gifts

"Honey, are we watching TV or is it watching us?"

'I bought him to retrieve my e-mails.'

IT'S 10PM...DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR COMPUTER IS DOING?

"We may have to get another pet. I'm running out of passwords."

"Has the Wi-Fi seemed slow to you lately?"

'Suppose the President of the United States calls? -- if you're going to stick with dial-up, you should at least get a separate phone line.'

Free Range Computers.

Bad Parent Computers.

'The guy at the door wants to know if we've all been saved?'

"I've brought you the worlds smallest phone, but here's the catch!"

"My desk-top computer doesn't know what my back seat computer is doing!"

"My phone won't fold but the manufacturer did."

Smart Phones and Silly Phones

"No sense of smell, ears plugged and eyes fixed on their phones. I'm telling you, if I weren't domesticated I'd be all over that."

"Her first word was 'paparazzi'. "

"String ... you mean it doesn't have a remote controller to operate it?"

Mac OS 20

'I've told you it's not the old pencil and paper battleships.'

"They communicate through clicks and taps."

"I have an imaginary friend called Fred, and my dad has one called Alexa."

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

Text Culture

"We realize that kids start using technology at a younger age these days, so our strollers come with Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS."

'Don't leave baby alone with this really cool tiny phone. It's a choking hazard.'

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

'I told you to invite a friend over.'

'Do I get to take an 'elfie' with Santa, too?'

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

'She posted her first blog today.'

"Could you repeat that word?"

"Swiping won't cut it sonny-boy, you have to physically walk to the next painting."

"Oh, Frank, look! He's sending his first tweet!"

The Digital Family

I just hope my doctor is not on twitter too!

'You can stick your filthy shell. I'm listening to the Arctic Monkeys.'