The Cell Phone Generation

I watched my son pick up a stereo remote control the other day and put it to his ear and say "hello!" While creative and on the right track(it does have numbers on it) it makes me think about the lack of confusion growing up as to what a phone was. Now we even have people walking around with blinking blue ears like something out of Star Trek.

Remember when....

• you actually dialed a phone - now you can just speak a name and the phone dials for you
• the ringer was two bells being clanged together - now you can hear "Apple bottom jeans" in every public setting
• the phone was something that stayed at home, or was in a booth on the street - now...well you know.
• a dial tone - huh?

While progress is good, maybe it's also moving our toddlers to become more creative in what could possibly be a phone. Of course there is the good old banana, who didn't try that one! I actually caught my son doing this the other day. But what else will he pick up and say hello into that we never would have thought of in the past. I bet my son would love a Hot Wheels phone!