February 2, 2009 | In: Uncategorized

My Nephew is Going to Take Over the World

computer kidI was spending some time this afternoon with my six year-old nephew. He wanted to play a computer game so he turned on the laptop and went to Y8.com. I’ve never heard of the site but it had some fun flash games that my nephew seemed to enjoy.

I asked my brother-in-law how my nephew found the site. He had no idea. So I asked my nephew. He said he found it on Google. That’s right. Six year-olds have the mental understanding to turn on a computer, go to Google, search for what they want, and then go to the provided sites. I still have to use LetMeGoogleThatForYou for some people because they ask me questions and can’t do what my nephew can do. I’m fairly convinced that by the time he is ten he will be smarter than me. Okay, stop laughing. Maybe nine.

6 Responses to My Nephew is Going to Take Over the World

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Gian Trotta

February 2nd, 2009 at 6:22 pm

I’ve been playing “ask Mr. Google” with my four-and-a-half year old for some time now. The other day, she showed me a costume of the Wyatt character from Super Why.

She actually had entered “Super Why” and “costume” and hit images (another thing I taught her). Time to enable Safe Search!

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Ru

February 3rd, 2009 at 7:26 pm

Sorry, unrelated, but the new site design and layout is really cool.

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Lance G

February 3rd, 2009 at 9:56 pm

He’s not all that smart, otherwise he would have found this:
http://www.nintendo8.com

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Ely Rosenstock

February 4th, 2009 at 12:48 am

@Gian Trotta
That’s great. I wonder at what age do kids start Googling their own name.

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Ely Rosenstock

February 4th, 2009 at 12:49 am

@Ru
Thanks. Still got more improvements in the works but I appreciate the comment.

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Ely Rosenstock

February 4th, 2009 at 12:49 am

@Lance G
My nephew is 6. How old are you?

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