On Aug 12, 2017, at 10:20 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
By the way an interesting observation from recent tours is that some children about age 5 and under don't even know how to use a mouse. They look like they have never used one before. They try to touch the CRT monitor like it is a touch screen. Their parents quickly tell them that it doesn't work and direct them to the mouse or keyboard. This is a new development. Previously children would be confronted with the keyboard and say "Where's the mouse?". I show them the Macintosh and they knew what to do with the mouse. Now it seems that touch screens are so prevalent that even mice and a foreign tool to some children.
I've noticed that sort of thing with my kids in a different aspect; they think most LCDs are touch screens, so occasionally they walk up to the TV and poke it. But my 5-year-old daughter definitely knows how mice and keyboards work. - Dave