I remember having those moments, as a child, when a parent or someone older would say "When I was a child..." Sometimes it was fascinating, sometimes not so much. I think it did help to build up a surreal, vague sort of picture (from a child's perspective) about what life used to be like in the "olden days".
Well I had one of those moments yesterday. But this time from the other side. Zac had his preschool photos taken yesterday. The photographer spent some time taking photos of the kids playing and doing what they do, and then took a couple of whole class shots. In the afternoon we were telling a friend (an adult) about it, and she asked Zac "can I see the photos when you get them?". No reply, so she asked again. Still a very blank look. And then it dawned on me. Kids, nowadays, don't really have that same concept of - you take photos and then get them printed and get to look through them. It's very rare that I actually get photos printed. Occasionally Zac will see the photos on the computer, but usually so long after the event, that I'm not sure (from a 3 year old perspective) that he'd connect it with the specific occasion of me taking a photo.
It made me want to explain to him "When I was a child..." But I didn't. Not yet. I think from his current 3 year old perspective, it might not be so interesting. I'll give him a year or two. :)
