Young Digital Natives Gifts

Baby Screen Time

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

"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.

Wifi in Hell

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

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

#Whyneighborsdon'tknowtheirneighbors

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

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

"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!"

Bird Tweet.

Digital Fomo!

"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.'

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

Trick or Tweet

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

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

Internet.

'New Game'

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

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

"I didn't say my prayers, but I e-mailed God earlier."

'Let us pray...'

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

'I'm afraid you've failed the Turing test.'

"The dangers of texting while walking #17"

"My mom's restricting my phone. She says I don't have enough Selfie Control."

'And, for the student with the most hits on his or her Facebook page, the award goes to Lisa Skemley!'