July 14, 2004
Techno-Monster Child
I was talking to WildChild's mom on the phone yesterday when I started hearing this little voice insisting in the background...
"No, no Mommy! Type WildChild's name!"
"No, no Mommy! Type WildChild's name!"
over and over and over. Louder and louder. He even spelled his name for her.
She finally had to pause in our conversation to tell him "Honey, I can't type your name right now. Your name is not Mommy's log-in on the computer."
I stifled a giggle and told her, "Um....he, uh, has his own log-in on my laptop. That's why he wants you to type his name....because I, uh, sorta showed him how to log-in on it."
There's a perfectly logical reason. In admin terms, I am God on my machine. A 3 yr. old does not need those powers. Trust me. He really doesn't. So we created a separate i.d. for him, and I've been teaching him that he has to log me off and log-in under his own i.d. before he starts playing one of his games. That way, I don't have to worry so much about him clicking around in say, Add/Remove Programs before I notice exactly what he's doing. And I don't have the hassle of password-locking my screen saver.
I think he's catching on pretty quickly.
*snicker*
Posted by Rita at July 14, 2004 08:59 AM
Comments
That is just plain wicked.
I love it.
Posted by: picklejuice at July 14, 2004 08:57 PM
You like to live dangerously...that's good.
Come teach Little Dude the same lessons!
Posted by: Da Goddess at July 15, 2004 12:29 AM