Are Kids Getting Smarter?!
By julito
@antonbunot (11091)
Calgary, Alberta
July 24, 2016 12:55pm CST
My 3-year-old grandson is surprising me as he grows up. First thing that surprised me was - he started uttering words (English) when he was 11-month old. Maybe the reason was he loved to watch shows for kids on TV. At 13-month-old, he was already talking like a 3-year-old. When he was 2 years old, he started playing kids' games online using a tablet.
Just recently I taught him how to operate my laptop using the mouse. I taught him a couple of times to log into his favorite kid's games online. This morning he entered our bedroom and woke me up, asking me to turn on my laptop so he could play his favorite game. After turning on my laptop and logging into his favorite game, I went back to bed. But I was worried a bit thinking he would damage my laptop; so, I decided to check on him.
He seemed to be at ease and having fun playing. I asked him - - "Are you okay?" And this was his response - "Papa, don't worry, everything is under control!" Yikes! I never expected him to say that!
Are TV shows, kid's online games, and other modern things making our kids smarter compared to pre-computer-generation kids?!
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@koopharper (7463)
• Canada
24 Jul 16
I don't really believe they are. The intelligence is there even when we can't see or hear it. I had to take my twin boys out of a church service to keep from disturbing other worshippers. I was marching up and down the lobby with one in each arm chatting with a friend we was in the lobby for a different reason. My boys were not at that point capable of speech at all. For fun the two of us asked the twins to point out different letters of the alphabet for us. My wife and I had not yet put any real effort into teaching them their abc's but they knew them almost completely. My friend and I were flabbergasted. They only confused letters that sounded almost the same.
They of course grasp new technology very quickly but I'msure they lag in other areas.
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@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
24 Jul 16
So far, my 3-year-old grandson is not showing any sign of being shy and introvert tendencies. He loves to play and interact with other kids. And he loves to play with girls his age! hehehehe!
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
24 Jul 16
Oh they really are smart. This tech generation kids are way ahead. I remember how surprised my father-in-law was when my son was playing an online game and reading his earnings in the millions at 3 years old. When he was 7, he played a very popular online game on his iPad and was chatting with some Korean people who asked him how old he was and when he said 7, the Korean man said he was an Unlce already!
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
25 Jul 16
@antonbunot 
90% of the children's genes come from the mother daw. So I agree.
90% of the children's genes come from the mother daw. So I agree.1 person likes this
@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
25 Jul 16
@toniganzon Thanx, our kids and grandkids are exception . Their only significant "mana" sa mama/grandma was their singing voices.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
31 Jul 16
maybe with most but i would say your teaching and care is what makes kids smart. seems the ones i spent most time with and did not have to leave to work was the ones turned out most intelligent. we did not have computers when mine were small but they were talking and doing exstrodinary things as babies. my oldest talked up a storm with anyone would listen at 16 months and was asked if he wanted to skip a grade 2 times in school. so i would say your grandson is just super intelligent
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
31 Jul 16
@antonbunot yes i have 2 that is shy , yet intelligent also.
@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
31 Jul 16
@bunnybun7 He may not be super intelligent but he learns fast. And he loves to talk . . . and he is not shy while his older brother is.
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@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
25 Jul 16
@jaboUK Of course, I am ! hahaha
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@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
25 Jul 16
O, I am sure @jabo that if internet and computers were already around when we were kids, we would have surely impressed the oldies like the kids today impress me. . 
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@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
24 Jul 16
LOL . . I did not think about that, ey! Yeah, there are pictures in here that only people like you and me should be fine to look at. hehehehe. Sol, is that you in the pic?
@sol_cee (38223)
• Philippines
24 Jul 16
@antonbunot I'm more worried about videos. lol
Yes that's me. Why? Didn't pass your criteria? lol
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@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
15 Aug 16
@Akopinay O, even some of our grandchildren understand and speak a bit of tagalog because they also watch that Vice Ganda show also aired in Calgary! And what scares me is one of the boys is acting like vice ganda! No way,josey!
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@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
26 Jul 16
@marsha32 I think kids learn fast these days because of modern technology. When I was a kid there were no computer, iphones, tablets, advanced TV sets, and so on. . . All we got were transistor radios, Olympia typewriters, and black/white TV sets that sometimes could not get a channel. LOL . .
@much2say (53868)
• Los Angeles, California
26 Jul 16
If anything, certainly little ones are exposed to technology at an early age . . . they are exposed to it and have access to so much more knowledge than we ever did. Their brains have are gotten more exercise perhaps than those of us who played with only sticks and rocks . Are they smarter? Well they know more simply because they have been fed more information. 
. Are they smarter? Well they know more simply because they have been fed more information. 1 person likes this
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
1 Aug 16
@antonbunot Though , i don't do it often because she's reviewing for the Medicine board . I bring the gadget to the office and ask IT to remedy whatever is my concern .
Really , your lil grandson taught you how to dance the ballet ! I can just imagine you doing the ballet .
Really , your lil grandson taught you how to dance the ballet ! I can just imagine you doing the ballet . @antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
31 Jul 16
@SIMPLYD So, you ask your daughter every time you don't know what to do new things with your computer and CP . . O, that is another thing we are in common! And you know my lil grandson showed me how to dance ballet he learned on TV - - -
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@cherriefic (10400)
• Philippines
25 Jul 16
yeah. They are and it's scary sometimes.
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@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
25 Jul 16
@cherriefic . . What scares me a bit is what he told me - - - "Papa, don't worry, everything is under control!" LOL
@PurnaSharma (2557)
• Guwahati, India
25 Jul 16
Good topic you raised and yes the development of different gadgets brought a huge changes in today's generation.Today's kids so clearly express their intention,sometimes it makes us keep starring upon them constantly without blinking.But it has bad effect too because introducing of different gadgets also brings maturity to adulthood before time.
@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
25 Jul 16
@PurnaSharma you are right, friend. I could not believe my 3-year-old grandson said - - "Don't worry, papa, everything is under control!" He was talking like a 15-year-old!
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
25 Jul 16
Wow, now that is one smart boy @antonbunot . Just make sure that he doesn't get so "attached" that he doesn't want to play and run around.
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@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
25 Jul 16
@nanette64 O, he loves to play and run around. He loves to dance, too. Am just a bit surprised because instead of dancing "strut", he does the ballet. LOL
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
26 Jul 16
@antonbunot Now that's pretty cool (ballet).
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@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
25 Jul 16
@JustBhem . . Well, if computers and internet were already around when I was a kid, I am sure I would have not only know how to operate laptops, I would have known also how to fix them. . . . Just kidding . . hahahahaha!
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
25 Jul 16
@antonbunot We have the same thoughts. Hehe. Or we can be a lot smarter that them. Right? lol
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
11 Aug 16
hi julito yes I think that they are
G od bless them.
@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
24 Jul 16
@vandana . . haha! And lately, he started singing and dancing. And he seems to be interested dancing the ballet! OMG, his second-degree uncle is a professional ballet-dancer and he is GAY! LOL
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@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
24 Jul 16
@skysnap . . I am sure of that. Look at him using my laptop in the picture.
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
26 Jul 16
wow, such a smart kid you have there. but i hope he also knows the games that we know and knew when we were sill kids, like "taguan, habulan" and the like, and not always on these gadgets.
@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
24 Jul 16
Yes, kids today easily learns once exposed to technology; but they should also enjoy childhood games with other children.
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@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
25 Jul 16
@acelawrites . . . Playgrounds are everywhere here in Canada. But we got just 3 months summer. . .
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@Hanyouyomi (2187)
• Dallas, Texas
3 Aug 16
Here's where I get a smidge cynical... No, he's not getting smarter, he's just learning... He's three now, but wait until he becomes eight or thirteen where all that intellect will vanish...
