Cute article in the WSJ about how the transition to an information economy has made it harder to explain to kids what Mommy and Daddy do at work. I immediately thought of the Tom Wolfe novel The Bonfire of the Vanities, where Judy McCoy provides a catty but not inaccurate description of her husband's job as a bond trader: "Just imagine that a bond is a slice of cake, and you didn’t bake the cake, but every time you hand somebody a slice of the cake a tiny little bit comes off, like a little crumb, and you can keep that."
But I have to say I am not sure I agree with the sentiment of the article. Even young kids know tons about computers, and they can certainly understand the myriad ways Mom and Dad do work on a computer. Not only can your son or daughter understand what work you do on a computer, chances are they could offer decent suggestions for improvement if you described it to them!
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