#i asked my older sister and she claims the library would give ys books on tape when we were learning to read

[baejax-the-great]

wait did you really never listen to tapes? the earliest audiobooks I had were on tapes, I remember needing to wind them back using a pencil lol. I think CDs weren't a thing till I was like 8 or 9

I think I just didn't listen to audiobooks as a kid. My parents would put on comedy tapes for long drives (Bill Cosby 😬). I never had my own walkman. By the time I was deemed old enough (7 or 8?) I was given a hand me down discman, I think. I remember playing Jagged Little Pill in it at elementary school, but that CD was my older sister's. I didn't buy my own CD until I was given a gift certificate at age 9. Conversely, we had a record player at home and I had Disney records I would put on. And my oldest sister was definitely making old fashioned mix tapes from recording the radio.

I think every family probably has some odd mix of 10-20 years of tech going on at once. If it ain't broke, keep using it, but also new and shiny things are fun.