I consider myself pretty "hip" (is that word used anymore?) You know, I try to be the "cool" mom, without losing the authoritative control I try to always maintain as a mom. It's hard sometimes succeeding at both. For instance, I recently ordered concert tickets online for my teenage son. As a bonus for placing my order with the ticket outlet, I was given two free "itune" downloads. Cool, right? I was so excited because I just knew my 13 year old would be excited about that. So, this morning I said to my son, "hey, when I ordered those tickets I received two free "itune" downloads." There was a pause in our conversation. "And I should be excited about this because . . . ", was my son's response. My thoughts: What? Of course you should be excited about that! I'm excited about it, and I'm the mom! Then my son continued his response, "Mom, I don't have an Ipod." Oh, so that's what the "i" in "itune" means. Ohhhhhhh. I get it now. Hmmmmm. I'm trying to be the "hip" mom, but apparently I still have things to learn.
Thus, the generation gap lives on.
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