My 4 Year Old Told Me To “Google It”

Have you ever told yourself – “Man, those are two hours (or insert your number here) of my life that I will never get back.” Well, I feel like that today after spending several hours reading nothing but junk. So, with all this back and forth (debate) crap I have been reading about link buying, Google bashing, Pubcon 2007 and annoying reads (I mean we really have heard it all) I thought I would share something upbeat and funny that my son told me today. (It is also scary how much our kids absorb, and really do pick up from watching us.)
I don’t think I have ever really sat down with my 4 year old and talked to him about Google, search engines, SEO (or anything I do). Actually am 100% confident that I have never had any kind of talk with him about Google. However; He is always coming into my office and playing games on the other computer, playing with his toys or watching TV, but I never guessed he paid much attention to the things I talk about when I work.
So today, he walked up to me and asked if I knew where his picture was from one of the roller coaster rides at a recent trip to Legoland, Ca. I told him I was not sure where the picture was, and that I would find it for him later (when I was done working). He turned to me and said: “Why don’t you just Google it Dad, because you use it to find everything else”. I guess he does hear me (more then I realize) say stuff like “find it on Google”, or “look it up on Google” with everyday interactions with my wife, friends or clients! It was so funny, cute and genuine that I was speechless. I ended up finding his picture for him right then….
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‘I ended up finding his picture for him right then…’… via Google!
Did you use google to find out if what he said was funny, cute and genuine?
Matt: that’s a funny story, and just goes to show what a different world from you and I our children will live in (my 5-year old already is running her own Google searches for games and stories. It sure keeps my wife and I busy on the Internet management front.)
How very true it is that our kids really pick up what we say. Last week my 3 year old asked me to get her the remote for the tv. She is so used to me asking her mom for it when I sit down. She sat down in front of the tv after doing her homework and asked “Dad, give me the remote, I wanna watch toons.”. This coming from a three year old was the cutest thing, but at the same time a little scary. Becuase I know there have been some words said in heated times that I dont want her to repeat in public let alone at all until she is older.
Sterling,
Very true – thats a whole other post ….
that is the cutes thing i ever herd.
if you could post a picture of your son that would be lovly.
ps. thanks for that stroy it made my day
Just updated the post with a funny picture of my son.
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Yep…that’s the internet age, there were Baby boomer, GenX, GenY & and this is the “Cyber Generation”
The kids are so smart now because of this technology and the easy availability of information… thanks to Google and other search technologies…
…of course, my 7 year old told me that Santa isn’t real because she verified through Google Earth that there was nothing at the north pole!
ROTF! Wow… i knew Google was the new way to find anything, but a 7 year old finding out if Santa is real with Google earth? that is amazing… and hilarious!
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Corporate branding.
Now instead of your kids screaming “I waan Mc Donaalds!” They’re now screaming “I want to go on Google Earth! I want to play World of Warcraft!”
Hey Matt! Found this article about your son cute and funny….Yea, I Digg it!
Really enjoyed the webinar yesterday…I’m going my “homework” from Michael Stone now and I’ve signed up on Digg
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lol the amount of times ive told people to Google it!!
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I don’t know if that is very cute or very scary…
Maybe Bing should have given their search engine something a goofy name… something more “kid like” to get in on the next generation.