I was on the train a few weeks ago. There is a towheaded kid in a stroller, maybe 4 and a plump 40-ish Caucasian mother. The kid has his hands over his ears, pushing earbud type headphones deep into his ear canal.
The Mother says "Don't you want to stop listening to your IPod?"
Kid: "No!"
Mother holds up a hardcover picture book "Well," she says in that very 2nd grade teacher way, "I want to read this book, are you sure you don't want to read along with me?"
Kid (hands over ears): "No!"
Mother really tries to work it, begins flipping the pages. I see the book is called "Spin The Dreidel." She begins to read aloud, annoying the entire subway car I am in, full of people uninterested in dreidel spinning in particular and possibly literacy in general. The kid looks up briefly, then returns his rapt attention to whatever he's listening to on his headphones.
I go through three more subway stops hearing all about dreidel spinning, until I finally exit the train.
Questions for discussion:
- Why does a 4 year old need an IPod?
- Is there any way in which "Spin The Dreidel" could possibly compete with an IPod?
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