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.</p><p id="7032">– That’s awful! So when did you learn to Google?</p><p id="8a84">– We did it at school.</p><p id="e005">– And that’s what you did with your teacher? Those words?</p><p id="bf75">– No. Me and Mikey looked it up after class.</p><p id="ecdd">– How?</p><p id="f22c">– On his mobile.</p><p id="6d78">– Mikey’s got a mobile?</p><p id="5935">– Yes. Can I have one?</p><p id="9096">– When you’re old enough.</p><p id="4db9">– I <i>am</i> old enough.</p><p id="c468">– Well we’ll see. But not now. It’s time for sleep. So what about that story?</p><p id="0f1d">– I told you, I don’t want a story.</p><p id="a12a">– What do you want then?</p><p id="fd37">– A list.</p><p id="c1f1">– A list? OK. So have you got a favourite list?</p><p id="d4bb">– What about … <i>10 Best Mobiles For Kids</i>?</p><p id="a11d">– No Tom. I said we’re not talking about mobiles now.</p><p id="5cbb">– Awwww!</p><p id="ae6b">– Tom.</p><p id="be38">–</p><p id="1dd9">– Tom.</p><p id="b8cf">– What?</p><p id="9fc9">– How about <i>25 Great Ways To Get To Sleep</i>?</p><p id="4ca5">– OK.</p><p id="0fbb"><i>If you enjoyed this 2-minute read, you might enjoy these as well:</i></p><div id="db02" class

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Close Your Eyes And I’ll Tell You A Story

Bedtime goes digital

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– Close your eyes and I’ll tell you a story.

– Don’t want a story.

– What d’you mean, you don’t want a story? You love stories.

– No I don’t. Not any more.

– Course you do, silly. What about one of your favourites? What about The Boy Who Cried Wolf?

– That’s bullshit.

– Thomas! Where did you learn that kind of language?

– From Google.

– Google?

– Yeah. We Googled it. 10 Words To Piss Off Your Parents.

– That’s awful! So when did you learn to Google?

– We did it at school.

– And that’s what you did with your teacher? Those words?

– No. Me and Mikey looked it up after class.

– How?

– On his mobile.

– Mikey’s got a mobile?

– Yes. Can I have one?

– When you’re old enough.

– I am old enough.

– Well we’ll see. But not now. It’s time for sleep. So what about that story?

– I told you, I don’t want a story.

– What do you want then?

– A list.

– A list? OK. So have you got a favourite list?

– What about … 10 Best Mobiles For Kids?

– No Tom. I said we’re not talking about mobiles now.

– Awwww!

– Tom.

–

– Tom.

– What?

– How about 25 Great Ways To Get To Sleep?

– OK.

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