21st century kids’ favorite gifts

Normal 0 14 false false false IT X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Tabella normale"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} Nowadays kids were born and raised in a hyper-technological world, which has made them used to use always different and up-to-date technological instruments. Nobody better than kids can immediately understand the functioning of computers, MP3 players, videogames…, and nobody like kids can deal with technology in a natural way. Their behavior towards technology is very different from the behavior of adults, who have had to get gradually used to technological innovations, learning how to move in this world little by little. For those who were not born in the hyper-technological era, but who happened to live in it, dealing with more and more futuristic instruments is not so easy, while for nowadays kids technological tools are normal and common objects, as the TV and the radio were normal for us.

In addition to an ability that we could define innate, kids also have a great passion for the world of technology, a passion that makes them explore any new product launched on the market with the curiosity that is typical of their age. Thus if you have to make a present for a 21st century’s kid, there is nothing better than focusing on a technological item. But you must pay attention: since very often kids are much more expert than us in this field, you must choose with care, not to disappoint them, and pay attention not to buy something they already have. If you are not very expert, you’d better ask the shop assistant for help, or consult a blog about technology. There are many of them on the web, and they are precious sources of information and news. Gathering information in internet or speaking with an expert is essential also not to risk to choose something that is not new enough, of which there are more up-to-date versions. It is well-known that the world of technology and electronics is moving at supersonic speed, constantly launching on the market new products and up-to-date versions.

But what are the most appreciated gifts by kids? It is not easy to generalize, and if on the one hand it is true that teen-agers usually have very similar tastes, and that almost all kids have a passion for technology, on the other hand you must take their personality, and their age, into consideration, if you want to guess the right present. If you have to buy a gift for a girl with a passion for music, you can buy a last generation MP3 player, while if the addressee is a middle school boy, you will certainly make him happy with a videogame; digital cameras are perfect if you want to make a nice surprise to a kid with a passion for art and photography. And if the kid loves books more than mobile phones and videogames? Also in this case technology offers a solution: besides books, which are always something good to give, choose a e-book reader, a useful instrument to explore a new way to deal with reading.