I no longer assume that digital natives understand how technology actually works under the hood. They teach me about the latest social media trends, I teach them about computer hardware, networking, and terminology.

    My kids: Dad, the internet's down.
    Me: The internet's fine. You're just not connected to it.

And yes, my home office has an ethernet hardline because it's faster and more reliable.

When I first heard about an Ethernet cable, it was a thick and stiff pipe-like thing.