Hashtag what?!?

So my five year old just responded to my question by screaming, “hashtag yes mom”
Seriously, hashtag??
What could he know about what used to be a number sign.
When did he start to learn about social media.
What was my world coming to and why does he constantly want an iPad in his hand.

I wonder if he’ll never learn to read.
I wonder if he’ll need glasses sooner than later.
I wonder if he’ll ever be able to engage in social conversation.

Devices devices everywhere.
Apple owns my children’s hearts.
Perhaps a bit of mine too.

Gone are the days where kids roamed the streets until dinner time.
Gone are the days when we had to stand in the kitchen to make a call.
Or wonder who might be phoning?
Gone are the days of letter writing. (except for me and a select few who adore paper and pens)
and gone are the days where kids actually looked up. Ever.
Surely scoliosis is on the rise.
Chiropractors everywhere must be buying second and third homes.

I revel in the moments when my kids want to build crazy forts.
Even outside.
Even when they’re using my Pratesi sheets…

I love when my girl sings and plays guitar.
I love when they sing karaoke.  I love when they cook.

I beam when they rollerblade all day.
I’m the mom who lets them skate through the house.
Damn those  hardwood floors from 1929.

And i hope to keep my kids as wholesome as i can.
It won’t be easy.
The other day my 9 year old daughter said the F word.
Out loud.
She told me she was just repeating what she read.
On the wall of her school’s girl’s bathroom.
Written by a friend.  About a friend.
Bullying sucks.
And in a world full of hashtags and social media blitzes, i’m scared.
and aware.

i can’t keep my kids away of issues in this world.
They know about the escape convicts in NY.
They know about plane crashes.
They know sometimes men marry men and women marry women.
They know about the unfortunate nature of divorce.
They know about racial tension-.
My five year old prince just stated, “mom, a lot of kids with brown skin are short, right”.
Um, not actually boy.
But through truth we’ll have justice.
And with an open word, i’m hoping to create kind and loving, opinionated, yet accepting creatures.
#noonetoldmeitwouldbesohard

#popitlikeaxanax