This guest post is from Jonathan Iguina, founder of ConsiderUp.com.
I woke up this morning and began to get ready to take my five year old to school this morning. As I am running out the door (late as usual), I suddenly realized I was missing my iPhone. I quickly returned into my house and began searching endlessly but, to no avail I returned back to the car empty handed.
Thoughts of missing calls, text messages, emails, facebook messages, and twitter messages ran through my mind. Once I returned home, I retraced my steps and was still unable to find my iPhone.
Suddenly it dawned on me! Who would want to use my iPhone? Not my wife, she has her own. Immediately I thought about my five year old. She has access to all of our gadgets. She uses my iPad, iPhone, and she has claimed exclusive rights to the iPod Touch 4G. However, there is something about the call feature that makes her want the iPhone over the other devices. My daughter has an affinity for texting and since she cannot do it from the other gadgets she insists on using our iPhones.
Once I realized that she would have been the one to misplace my iPhone, I headed towards her room. I pulled the comforter off the bed and sure enough my iPhone comes flying out.
She woke up early, came into my room, took my iPhone and went to bed browsing the select apps. I was not upset, it made me chuckle. It also made me realize how technology has been drastically altering the way our children play. At this point both my daughters rather play on the Team Umizoomi or Angry Birds application rather than Barbie Dolls.
How about your children, what do they prefer, toys or apps?
Jonathan Iguina is a pastor at Bethesda Church in Clermont, FL. Jonathan considers himself a survivor of the school of life having overcome huge hurdles along his journey. He preaches a message of grace and restoration. And he regularly lets people know that they can recover from a fall, no matter how many feet up high they fell from. He has traveled extensively throughout the United States, Central America, and the Caribbean. However, tapings of his sermons have reached as far as Spain and France. Jonathan regularly speaks at churches, conferences, and retreats for crowds both large and small. For over 13 years Jonathan has been heavily involved in ministry and church leadership. Jonathan has a heart for evangelism and seeing the lost come to Christ. You can read more from Jonathan at ConsiderUp.com or catch him on Facebook or Twitter.