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Making plans with friends

to the way people communicate with each other. And it drives me mad sometimes, because my son will try to arrange to go out with his friends, just to go to the park, in a group...

Course: Close relationships and home lifeSection: Childhood memoriesSubtitles: en-gb

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And I think they've made such a difference

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to the way people communicate with each other.

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And it drives me mad sometimes, because my son will try to arrange to go out

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with his friends, just to go to the park, in a group chat,

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and then nothing ever happens.

3:53

And I just say, 'just go there'.

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Yeah.

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It's a hundred metres down the road.

3:57

Knock the door. But I don't think that happens any more.

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No, I think for me, like,

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something that's really changed is, like I was saying about tapes,

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like the idea of playing a tape or putting a CD in a CD player.

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Like, brings back amazing memories.

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I used to have a CD that I would play,

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and then I'd sing really loudly,

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and I would imagine that then suddenly the band would be in the garden

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and they would, and they'd be there singing with me.

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But I think those physical music devices even like having a video or a DVD,

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like, they bring back loads of memories for me.

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Let's recap the language we heard in our conversation about childhood,

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starting with 'childhood', which is the period of time when you are a child.

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