Youth has technological advantage

There we sat, four generations of family females, singing “High on a hill stood a lonely goat herd,”

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“Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens,” and all the other marvelous lyrics from that musical.

The living room was alive with the sound of music.

I was explaining to my great-niece that the children’s mother had died, and that’s why the captain was wanting to marry the baroness or Maria.

She wanted to know the name of the mother. I told her I didn’t know, and it’s never mentioned in the movie. But she insisted on knowing. I told her we’d look it up when I got home to my computer.

Still she insisted. “You have your phone. Look it up.”

And so I did. Her name was Agatha. We were able to proceed peacefully.

What astounds me is that the little inquisitor is 4 years old. She realizes that anything she’d like to know can be found out by typing a few words onto that tiny little screen.

That has me singing a different tune.

I hear babies cry. I watch them grow. They’ll learn much more than I’ll ever know. And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.

Sandy Fields keeps an online journal at her website http://www.field-days.com

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