I entirely can’t imagine being a kid these afternoons.
Everything is completely bizarre than it was when I was growing up. I am not just saying this as an old curmudgeon, so much as I am making legitimate observations about the state of the world and new parenting. If you go into public these afternoons you are hard-pressed to find a child who is not staring at some kind of screen. It seems like toddlers have their own cell PCs and laptops to keep them entertained when their parents are too sleepy. I can’t imagine any of this. When I was growing up, my brothers and I had to make our own entertainment. Sometimes it even included the indoor air handling devices because my associate and I were so bored. I remember several afternoons when my associate and I used the central temperature control unit as a pretend rocket control system and got yelled at by my mom for changing all of the indoor air handling control settings. I also remember climbing all over the air conditioner unit outside before my mom would scream at us for denting the cooling systems external shell. The one thing my associate and I could do with the Heating and Air Conditioning system that never resulted in punishment was playing telephone through the air vents. Because my associate and I had a central heating and cooling system, my associate and I utilized extensive air ducts to channel the high quality indoor air throughout the house. These metal channels were perfect for youngsters to scream through from bizarre rooms in the house. My pal and I would often disconnect our air vents and hold the secret conversations through the ductwork. These afternoons, youngsters have actual telephones to play with.