There is a whole youth subculture out there with its own language, values, and secret codes. On this Saturday night we had a knock on our door, the entire neighborhood demo of <13 was out front, wanting to know if our kids could play Manhunt. We said yes, and flash, our boys were gone. Hope it's not a hunt for a real criminal.
Noslang.com offers a little translation tool to figure out what kids are saying these days, but at a deeper level, we ponder why an entire demo has games and dynamics that adults aren't tuned in to. For us it all started with those Yugioh card battles at age 4 -- Yugioh has since conquered children in 42 nations -- and now is moving to flashlights in the dark. Soon our boys may be texting ohmygodgottogoparentsarewatching in code on cell phones while asking for car keys.
At least we know someone who can teach us the skateboard.
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