ABSTRACT
Microprocessors, Atari, Nintendo, fiber optics, VHS, Walkmans, and much more came out in the 1970s and 1980s. While children of the 1970s and 1980s, Generation X and some Millennials, had interactions with technology, it was not a constant in their lives. While the Internet was available, it wasn't until the mid 2000s that 3G technology had improved to the point to make it worthwhile to connect through mobile. In the late 1990s, two teens developed the technology-allowing Internet users to go into each other's hard drives and share their MP3 music files. A generation ago parents may have told their kids, Video games are a waste of time. The Internet of a generation ago, the one of parents now, is fundamentally different. If parents are making rules at home based on the "computer room" of their childhood, they are making false assumptions.
