The Next Mozart of Internet Marketing?

That's my 3 year-old, Malcolm. Yeah -- I'm a proud mama, so I automatically think he's brilliant, but bare with me...especially if you have kids.

Some of Malcolm's first words included "website", "Google", "eBay", "Based Moms" (not sure why he couldn't get the "Internet" in front of the "Based Moms"). And he would recognize them all by sight. I guess being obsessed with the Internet is actually in the genes. Who woulda thought?

But seriously, I've always answered Malcolm's questions about what I'm doing on the computer without speaking "kid talk" -- I just tell him plain and simple what I'm doing and even if he doesn't grasp it all, he has some interest and asks more questions. And then I answer them.

Now, today he and I were "researching" a new market for a website I'm (we are!) starting. I was excited to find this market because it's a subject that is of interest to Malcolm (so we can learn stuff together) and I see plenty of profit potential in it. We were reading through some magazines on the topic...and...

He's looking at the pictures and asking questions.

I'm looking at the ads and seeing what people are selling to this market.

Then, he asks me, "Mommy, what are we going to sell on this website?"

I didn't tell him anything about selling. I just simply said we were going to do a site on X topic and he was excited. But he has made the connection and I was amazed at his young age. And then I remembered, that Mozart was composing at the age of 5, so who's to say what the young mind is capable of understanding and executing?

So, if you have kids...do you talk about what you're working on or do you just tell them not to disturb you?

Just like the Internet offers such an incredible opportunity for parents to stay home with our kids --- the Internet is an incredible opportunity for our kids when it comes to learning about entrepreneurship. No more lemonade stands for these savvy kids, they can be building dot-com empires. ;)