This is so true about the app-watching tip. I do the same thing with my pickleball students who bring their grandkids to watch clinics sometimes. You learn more by just sitting back and letting the kid show you their thing than by trying to control the conversation.
The "ten minutes of genuine curiosity" line is going to stick with me. A lot of my players in their 70s tell me they feel like they're always playing catch-up with their grandkids and great-grandkids, whether it's tech or just how fast everything moves now. Sounds like the same principle applies whether it's an iPad or a paddle. Show up curious, not corrective, and the connection happens on its own.
Funny enough, I see the reverse version of this on the court all the time. Older players learning pickleball from a grandkid who picked it up in gym class. The kid teaches, the grandparent watches without judging, and somehow that flips the whole dynamic in a good way.
Do you think Gen Alpha kids will actually end up teaching their grandparents AI tools the same way some of them already teach pickleball or video games, or is that too optimistic a bridge to expect?
This is so true about the app-watching tip. I do the same thing with my pickleball students who bring their grandkids to watch clinics sometimes. You learn more by just sitting back and letting the kid show you their thing than by trying to control the conversation.
The "ten minutes of genuine curiosity" line is going to stick with me. A lot of my players in their 70s tell me they feel like they're always playing catch-up with their grandkids and great-grandkids, whether it's tech or just how fast everything moves now. Sounds like the same principle applies whether it's an iPad or a paddle. Show up curious, not corrective, and the connection happens on its own.
Funny enough, I see the reverse version of this on the court all the time. Older players learning pickleball from a grandkid who picked it up in gym class. The kid teaches, the grandparent watches without judging, and somehow that flips the whole dynamic in a good way.
Do you think Gen Alpha kids will actually end up teaching their grandparents AI tools the same way some of them already teach pickleball or video games, or is that too optimistic a bridge to expect?
Depends a lot on how open the grandparents are to learning. Either that, or how open they are to listening to the grandkids.
I love listening to my grandkids, all 7 of them, ages 6-21. I learn so much from them.
Beautifully and wisely said.