Friday, January 25, 2008

thread: Frontline on growing up online

>> Ted wrote Ivy about raising kids in this era >>
Hi Ivy,
I enjoyed this show last night. I found myself re-interpreting Johanna's internet behavior.
I look forward to discussing it with you.
love,
Dad

>> Ivy replied >>
lol hi dad, I was only able to catch a little bit of it as the guys were watching some macho show. Ugh
Maybe I should get a second TV. :)
I did watch a piece on cyber bullying and how children take on these different personas online. Very interesting. I like to perform surprise reviews when Austin is online so I can see exactly what he is doing and how he is interacting with others. Very informative.

>> Ted replied to Ivy >>

re: taking on different persona
My association:
Norman Rockwell image of 8 year olds, up in the attic, before a chest of clothes, trying on different hats -- hats from the 1940's. This is a single image, but it expresses what humans always do -- well into adulthood.
"Playing (social) make believe" has always been fun. Internet makes it easier.




2 comments:

TFZ said...

With hindsight: this is an interesting post, but is too hard to read. I should have reformatted it more. Such email-fwds need to be read from the bottom up.

Mike said...

Ted, You're right, posting an email thread has readability problems because of the bottom up thing. Why not re-format ? If you do, I'll read the whole thing and comment.