Kids these days are smarter than ever. Parents lacking a sense of humor refuse to admit that their kids now are much smarter than they are when they were kids themselves. Some moms just raise their arms in surrender now when the children ask them such questions as "Mom, what educational software for kidswas your school using when you were a kid?'. The impact of the question usually stuns a mom who has not cared to stay in step with the times, just conveniently passing on the question to the father.
It would be interesting to know what the kids really have now in their minds in this age of the Internet, and get an idea of what they have learned from the many hours they spend before the computers playing online games, sometimes with opponents from other countries, in the games they play. Note how your kid asks you questions, seemingly too Greek for you, who did not experience the use of computers when you were in school.
Makers of software for preschool kids who now incorporate learning concepts in the fun games they churn out for the kids might as well try to tap the children's minds on what they think on the new frontline issues of the day. For example, what do the children think of the top headlines these days on the food shortage coming up?
Adults seem to be lacking in in-depth ideas on what to do with the problem, judging from the many news items and commentaries on the issue one can obtain from the different media. Many people just blabber through when confronted with direct questions on the subject. It is quite frustrating to hear very hazy answers even from supposedly top leaders in the community.
Maybe the kids have other ideas, even better perhaps. Tapping that potential source of solutions to the world's problems now could bring surprises to adults, similar to the surprising questions they ask now, that some adults are too surprised to respond to with sensible answers.
The new educational software can include questions for the kids through the fun games that they always spend so much time to play. Programmers can incorporate in the games some question and answer portions where the kids are to answer questions related to the major issues of the day. For example, questions on what could be a solution to the food shortage problems now may be among the questions asked, of course worded in a way a child could understand.
It could be surprising how the kids will react, but judging from their exposure to the most recent developments in the Internet, they might have the more sensible ideas on global warming and on what to do with it. Just basing on the questions the kids asked mom a while back, some interesting revelations might come up on this. Let us just hope it will not turn out that the adults need to educate themselves with the new
more, after we know what the children’s answers to the questions will be.
