The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far…
Riley Hawk, son of the extremely famous Pro Skateboarder Tony Hawk, has begun to show great promise in the same industry and sport as his father.
In fact, as this video shows, he’s beginning to pioneer his own unique moves. Which made me start thinking of my very own progeny…
“May I take a message?” (Not even 1 yet here…)
Roenne is not even 2 and she already knows how to navigate an iPhone to call her grandmom, figure out how to get to her favorite bubble game, and play some music via iTunes.
She knows how to navigate our Sony PS3 / Blue-Ray player and fast forward sections of Sesame Street that she doesn’t like (Count von Count is one scary dude for a 2 year old!)
She can also operate our digital camera and HD Canon Videocam. She has also left me pleasant surprises via my computer’s webcam for me to find a day later.
She is surprisingly agile with my computer’s mouse and touchpad as well and frequently manages to delete stuff from my desktop (which is an interesting argh-moment but also a wow, great job roenne-moment too)…
Is she (or has she…) going to become like her father and heart teh interwebs? Is the apple going to fall pretty darn close to the tree? (Should I care…?)
I suppose the bigger question that’s been on my mind is whether or not that’s 1) healthy or good thing… or 2) my fault or 3) just how it is.
It harkens back to the age old question of whether it’s genetic or learned, and all that psycho-babble stuff… but it does honestly make me think whether I’m guiding and leading her rightly. Perhaps I’m giving myself too much credit in her identity, interests, and skills?
My desire is that she learn to harness the gifts that God has given her and that she can use them effectively and missionally for his Kingdom and His Glory and His Fame.
If she’s into computers, wonderful. If not… whatever.
I just want her to be her… does that make sense? I mean, I admit. I’m just a n00b father.
I’m with ya dude. Right in the middle of that myself. It reminds me of a song lyric by Ben Folds, singing to his son, “You’re so much like me, I’m sorry.”
peace|dewde
omgoodness yeah.
This post struck me as so funny today. I don’t know if David has told you, but I am a serious planner. Love to have lists, things set out ready to go – everything organized. So, this morning, my sweet 6 year old nudges me before 6am and asks to go downstairs – I think I mumbled “sure.” When I finally make it down like an hour later, this is what I found. Three stations set for crafting on the kitchen table complete with water cup for water colors, glue stick, scissors, a variety of paper, stickers, and some tattoos. She also had out two tubs of crafting supplies for the ready as well as a “station” set up for doing tattoos. Then, she showed me where she had set out name strips for her friends who were coming over to spend the day to put their crafts. It was scary for a minute – it was like I had come downstairs in my sleep. Then I realized, nope, she’s just a mini-me.
So, is it genetic – some of it has GOT to be. Is it what she sees modeled – for sure.
Which makes the biggest point, you’ve ALWAYS got to display Christ for her, because what she knows of Him mostly comes from you. (You being a group here.)
Thanks for sharing your apple and tree story and for letting me share mine.
Mother of Mags, Wife of David, KHill
dude….this is so much like our kids. it’s amazing how quickly they pick up this stuff. i remember my son’s first day of kindergarten when he asked me what ‘dell’ was. i told him it was similar to imac…just not as good. he understood.
@jeramy ouch. i’m a conflicted dual-shop. both dell and apple… and i worked for the former for a time too…
@KHill sweet! i was laughing so hard… sue’s a planner too… you guys have to meet (or not)…
teehee.