What do you know of that your kids don't

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  • BNA_Mommy
    BNA_Mommy Posts: 36
    My 16 yr old has no clue what good music is! LOL

    I always make her listen to my stations when we are in the car (i listen to a wide variety of music). One day, a New Kids on the Block song came on from the 1990s (back when I was a teenager), so I randomly asked her who it was...her response: "Journey???????" HOW IN THE H-E- double hockey sticks do you confuse a teeny bopper band with JOURNEY?????

    I'm confused. Is New Kids on the Block your go-to "good" music example? Or is that Journey? Either way, yuck.
    -wtk

    Ummm definately Journey!
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    my nephew started reading "Encyclopedia Brown" stories (kids mystery) and my brother had to tell him what an Encyclopedia was.
  • Dark_Roast
    Dark_Roast Posts: 17,689 Member
    My older brother gave my daughter his old Hardy Boy books, and she asked me what a 'jalopy' was. Actually she didn't understand the suspense of the books, she asked why they couldn't keep in touch with their friends via cell phone.
    Sigh, it made me feel old!
  • AwesomelyAmber
    AwesomelyAmber Posts: 1,617 Member
    I had to plug my cell in the other day and my 9 year old heard me say "I'd like to make this fast as I am stuck to the wall while my phone charges" and he said something about NEVER having to be 'stuck' to anything while on the phone because it's mobile. I told him how I lost an earring or two over the years when all we had was a cord to the phone... He had the hardest time understanding why you would have a cord on a phone if it wasn't charging :laugh:
  • PhotogNerd
    PhotogNerd Posts: 420 Member
    What an outhouse was. Yes my grandparents used to have one...

    Rotary phones

    Being able to leave your house for an entire day and not be in contact with your friends every second.

    Tv...back when you couldn't DVR your favorite shows.

    Cassettes..making them for your friends.

    Payphones
  • dahkneeka
    dahkneeka Posts: 163 Member
    By the time i have kids, they wont understnad how cool it was to have a book that opened and was every color of the rainbow markers... or the pencils that had individual leds... when one ran out you you pulled it from the bottom, put it on the top and BAM.. your pencils sharp.
    I dotn know if its still around either, but i used to love coloring on those white teddy bears.



    i loved the 90's
  • Alexzya
    Alexzya Posts: 12 Member
    My 5 year old son was insisting that his grandma's record player was a dvd player and was upset he couldn't watch pokemon on it!
  • timmy2strikes
    timmy2strikes Posts: 99 Member
    Books. Novels are real, with real facts and information, not wikipedia. (I speak to so many young people who only know the world of Kobos and Ipads)
    Grammar is a real thing.
    Mr. Dressup, Felix the cat, and all those fun cartoons.

    Rocky Horror Picture show. I have friends, in their 30's, that have no idea what I'm talking about.

    Cassette tapes, oh and most important, playing OUTSIDE. Funny thing, you don't have to stand in front of a TV to play soccer.

    LOL... Yesterday I brought a frisbee to my moms house for the BBQ. I asked my nephew if we wanted to play frisbee and he said sure. I went outside and after about 15 minutes of waiting for him I went back inside to get him and we was playing frisbee on the wii. I told him to turn that damn thing off and get his hiney outside and play the real thing. He ended up quiting because it was so much harder then the wii game.
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