Comments on: Lauren, A Young Internet User in 1996

By: Noemi

Noemi — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:33:15 +0000

@karla- hehe yes, my cute daughter. I forgot all about these photos.

By: karla

karla — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:08:27 +0000

waaaah! old school picture!!!
it’s like seeing the evolution of lauren

By: Noemi

Noemi — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:42:46 +0000

@howie- she is still a creative writer. she has a blog now at http://laurganism.com

By: howie

howie — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:36:04 +0000

Howie Severino here. How is Lauren these days? Still doing creative things?

By: Noemi

Noemi — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 10:06:10 +0000

@rach- during those days, I was not too sure if I did the right thing for showing her the wonders of the internet. Like I wrote earlier, there were not many mothers I knew that had internet. Year later, I can see the positive effects outshine more than the negative effects.

By: Rach (Heart of Rachel)

Rach (Heart of Rachel) — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 09:48:00 +0000

Hi Noemi. I enjoyed reading this post.

I admire Lauren’s intelligence, creativity and good vision of the future. Remarkable traits of a good leader.

I admire how you supported, encouraged and inspired her in making the best out of her creative juices. Remarkable traits of a wonderful mother.

By: Noemi

Noemi — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 06:16:01 +0000

@amomandmore- ahh yeah, I want to learn podcasting but my daughter has no time to teach me. Boo. I hope your kids get to teach you more blogging skills.

@julie- ah the interactive Web 2.0 is definitely more attractive to kids these days. Good you lay down the rules. It’s best to start them early.

@Belle- yes the kids started with DOS too. They loved those DOS games like Ecoquest, and Oregon Trail

By: Belle

Belle — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 05:08:12 +0000

Lauren was so cute!

know what? my kids started using the DOS program 16 years ago. Steffi was 4 or 5 years old. It wasn’t popular then because it wasn’t easy to operate. They used DOS for four years. My husband allowed them to have access on the internet when windows became available in my household and that was in 1997. Several years later, Steffi stumbled on Lauren’s site.

By: julie

julie — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 17:27:03 +0000

Trixie (12yo)just started with her blog but even way before then, we have discussed about cut-and-paste actions and how it should not be done and why. We also discuss about not revealing personal information since there are a lot of predators out there. Julian (6yo) had his email when he was 5yo or even less. There are times that he chats with the people in his contacts like relatives. Sometimes he says, “I like to Google images” photos of his favorite cars. Sigh. Kids sure do grow up too fast these days.

Lauren looked cute in her photos,

By: amomandmore

amomandmore — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:59:39 +0000

I wish I could learn computer tech together with my college kids too. They’re both tech-savvy and creative but have no free time to spare and teach me yet — because of school loads. Hopefully, this coming sem break. Basic lessons on how to improve my blogging would be a great 50th birthday gift for me:)