https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 23 Sep 2026 07:57:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gaps-in-knowledge#post-2927258 Thu, 14 Jul 2022 12:15:05 +0000 poppygirl15 2927258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! Funny that this is all with 9 year olds. I had my 9 yo call a business for me the other day to say we were on our way. After she blurted out the message, she just hung up! I had to explain the etiquette - wait for a response &amp; say good-bye! They just don't get practice like we did because they never have to answer the "home" phone like we did. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gaps-in-knowledge#post-2927257 Thu, 14 Jul 2022 11:30:06 +0000 ALV91711 2927257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The phone is so weird. My 9 year olds best friends moved from next door to about 10 minutes away. They have to call to make plans and the conversations are hilarious and they usually just end the conversation and hang up without saying goodbye. </p> <p>Or calling and waiting all the way until the phone thinks there is a message and hanging up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gaps-in-knowledge#post-2927256 Thu, 14 Jul 2022 08:14:48 +0000 bhbee 2927256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes the phone thing is so weird!! We have this problem too, because even if they “call” grandparents or friends it’s always FaceTime or kids messenger or the like. I guess I just took for granted all the phone speaking we did when we had to answer a landline - and I feel like they’ll never have the experience of calling when you don’t know who will answer (your friend or their siblings or parents). I guess we’ll have to find a way to practice!</p> <p>I can’t think of any others but I know they are out there … probably will find out the hard way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gaps-in-knowledge#post-2927254 Wed, 13 Jul 2022 20:48:30 +0000 hitchhiker 2927254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Similarly, my 9 year old had to call me from school a few months ago. I answered, and there was this awkward silence until she just launched into the point of the call. It took me several beats to figure out who had called and what they were talking about. (Like it was so bizarre that I almost hung up, thinking it was a telemarketer!) We had a debrief after school about how to start a phone conversation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gaps-in-knowledge#post-2927251 Wed, 13 Jul 2022 17:55:55 +0000 Corduroy 2927251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I discovered a gap in my 9 year old's knowledge today that surprised me. After going away to sleep away camp for 12 days I've been trying to increase her independence and let her try more new tasks. Today when I dropped her off at summer camp I asked if she wanted to dial in to my conference call for me. (Darn 9am meetings and 9am drop off). Usually I click a link on my work phone but that's MIA so I went old school dialing. I handed her the number and my phone with the dial pad screen up. She just looked at it and back at me. Then she asked "what do you mean 'dial a number'?" OMG, I had no idea she had no clue how to dial a phone (skipping the fact that it's called dialing). She has DH's number memorized and she can press the 'Emergency Call' button on my phone but I guess I've never demonstrated punching in the numbers because everything is in contacts or a link these days. </p> <p>Have you discovered any funny gaps in your kids' knowledge? </p>