http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20020414.html How kids use websites. They click advertisements (!), because they “cannot yet distinguish between content and advertising.” I also like the story of the six-year-old who complained, “This website is for babies, maybe four or five years old. You can tell because of the cartoons and trains.” We once had a houseguest called Marcus (age six) who once spoke proudly of the enormous size of his bike:
Marcus: … and I also have a bike.
Me: You do?
Marcus: It's a really big bike.
Me: Really?
Marcus: It looks like it's for a seven-year-old.
(I liked Marcus; he was a good kid.) 11:35