New Generation

I was playing a Blue's Clues board game with my son today. We got it at goodwill for i think $2. He is really getting into board games these days and we didn't want to spend 15 bucks apiece on them at Meijer or something. It's good family time kind of stuff, but today was kind of funny.

During the game you get 3 clues and have to guess what the final answer is. We got all 3, they were camera, film, and smile. It's a kids game, so it's not real difficult.

As I tried to prompt him to think about the clues, I kept showing him camera and film, and how the film goes in the camera. As I looked at his blank stare I realized - he's never seen film before. He has no concept of film or what it was ever used for. We take pictures all the time, but as far as he knows cameras have always been digital and you could always see the picture you took right away. Film? You mean a memory card, don't you? That he might recognize, but film is a completely foreign concept.

Just wait until he hears about the tapes I grew up listening to.