A 9-year-old’s View on Web Design

From the Mouths of Babes!

My youngest daughter, age 9, (My Little Wordflirt, Jr.) is fascinated by what I do. Once, she was looking over my shoulder as I was designing in Photoshop, let out a big sigh and said “Mom, you have the COOLEST job!”

She’s right. I DO have the coolest job! I really enjoy what I do – both the creative process AND helping businesses look great on the Internet.

On another day recently, I came into my office to see what Wordflirt, Jr. had written on my whiteboard. Here’s a picture of it:

n case you can’t read it, here’s what she wrote:

Caller = We have an emergency!

Wordflirt = What is it?!

Caller = Someone is getting fired from NOT making a website for their company!

Wordflirt = Oh no!! Well you did the right thing…Whoosh!!

Narator = She was off to save another company. Coming home on her pink scooter, she saved another person from being fired! The End.

Well, I don’t own a pink scooter, and I’m not sure about people getting fired for not making a website.

But what I do know is how much technology is embedded at the center of our children’s lives. They simply don’t know anything else.

I grew up in the age where you had to get off the couch to change the channel, phones had cords, we used an encyclopedia to write a report, and it took a week to have a photo developed!

(My daughter lovingly pats me when she calls it “The Olden Days”!)​

Today, my kids rely on Google to be their source of information. And if they’re too lazy to type in a search string, they ask Siri for help. If they miss a program on TV, that’s ok – it’s On Demand. They can take 10 Selfies until they like one, AND ​they don’t even have to talk to people, if they don’t want to – they text!

I guess my point in writing this, is that the future generations only know a world with technology. They can’t imagine a business that doesn’t have a website, Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. To them, if they aren’t online, they don’t exist.

So for my little Wordflirt Jr., I will always stay current. I will continue on my mission to help businesses (especially those that are run by people around my own age (48) and older!) to find their voice on social media and through a powerful, modern website.

And, I will melt inside every time she says, “Mom, when I grow up, I want to do what you do!”