the modern child...

Babies born in the twenty-first century have it so weird.

I just spent half an hour catching up on the lives of six children, without ever talking or seeing any of them. [children should be seen and not heard?]

Unlike the children of yesteryear, who's mothers slaved over endless hours of scrapbooks, these bonnie lads and lasses have their lives blogged from the moment of birth.

Someone should start taking notes so we can see the social affects [effects?] of a life blogged from the moment of entrance. Sure, it's great for distanced grandparents, friends, and mild acquaintances to keep up with your baby's every laugh, but what is it doing to the kid?

As if those baby books weren't embarrassing enough [though not as much as the jr. high books. trial by fire has been frequently suggested for mine], imagine looking back over twenty years of digital and internationally accessible photography.

And the most important question: can you put all these pictures together in a digital flip book to show the progression of time? That would be the most awesome high school graduation slide show ever.