I watched two of Matthew's playmates yesterday. They had been watching Disney's Kim Possible when I served up the kid classic of chicken nuggets shaped like dinosaurs on fun animal plates. Distracted by their bellies, they sat down to eat only to realize a short while later that they'd missed part of their show.
"Amy, can you rewind Kim Possible please?" the four-year old asked.
"It's not a movie," I started to say. Then, looking at her confusion at my confusion, I realized what she meant.
"We don't have TiVo yet," I told her.
In fact, we ordered it over the weekend, so it's on its way. We've known for years that we needed it, so it's about time.
What struck me as amazing was that these kids are growing up knowing that real-time TV can be "rewound" if you miss something.
To her, not being able to rewind the TV show made absolutely no sense. It's just the way TV works in her mind.
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