Until I worked with an intern this summer, I never realized how "generational" I am. She loved to point out our generational differences. She has gone back to school, but she left a generational impact on me. I notice the differences between age groups a little bit more.
One example is the guy who sits across from me at work. He is about 10 years younger than I am and generally that doesn't make much of a generational impact. He gets most of my references. One reference he didn't get was a reference to Kris Kross. I asked a friend who is about 10 years older than I am, and she was also not familiar with Kris Kross. In both cases, I tried to explain to them that Kris Kross is a child rap duo from back in the day. Both kids were named Kris and they rapped about Mack Daddy and Daddy Mack. At this point both people started to look at me like I was a little crazy. When I explained that the kids also wore their clothes backwards, I started to agree that this was a weird thing to reference.
When I mentioned Kris Kross to coworkers with in a 5 year age range of myself, each person started rapping different lines from the song.
As a parent, it is my job to pass on my generational references to my children so that they can talk to adults. I have not passed on references to Kris Kross yet, but some parents in my area are doing a much better job of it.
Yesterday I chaperoned a field trip to the Leslie Science center. It was a lovely field trip and overall a success. However, before we left I was given one task and I think I messed it up. I had to take a group of 4 kids to the bathroom that was down the hall. There were three energetic girls and one very calm boy. The girls went into the bathroom and I could hear them talking and yelling the whole time. As we walked back to the class, they were still being a little rowdy and the teacher nabbed up two of them and made them go with her. As I looked at the girl left with me, I realized her pants were on backwards. These were not flowy pants or sweat pants that could be easily turned around. They were skinny jeans that were tucked into her super high top sneakers with purple sparkles. They were on backwards, the fly was undone, and the button was buttoned. How did she do this? At first I thought she must have done it in the bathroom, but there was no way she could have gotten her pants and purple glittery shoes totally off and back on and buttoned up backwards. I think she came to school like that. Once I figured it out, I told the little girl, but she did not seem to mind. Her pants were sagging in the back the rest of the field trip. I guess that is what happens when you wear tight pants backwards. Her baggy underpants were hanging out the whole time. I can only assume that the girl's parents were trying to teach her about Kris Kross. The best way to teach a kid is to have them experience something for themselves, and I think this is what was going on yesterday.
What do you think I should put on my list of important pop culture tidbits to make sure my kids know?
So perfect! I think you are doing quite well in the important pop culture front. :)
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