That was quick...

For the second time, I was amazed by how quickly technology has overtaken the life of kids...my kids in particular.  My son, for all his amazing intelligence and creativity, lost the ability for common sense and figuring out simple problems without technology.  Please understand this isn't some high level hardware or ultra-complex software.

Our children's brains, including my 9 year old's, are now wired differently than mine (or my generation).  They can do some pretty amazing things that sometimes takes me a little longer (and I LOVE technology and gadgets of all sorts).  They inherently know how to use technology to communicate, share ideas, research and be creative.  They can play games without instruction...and so many other things.

But once again my son demonstrated the disconnect between intelligence and wisdom the other day while at a restaurant.  This particular restaurant had faucets...yes manual faucets.  He kept running his hands under that water waiting for it to run...over and over.  Took several minutes of me LOL to finally get him to understand the mistake.  This is the second time.

Apparently technology has permeated even hygiene.