Others have so little vested, they don't know what the Y2K bug is. Kids mostly seem to focus on potential problems that would affect them directly, Lutz said. For example, the survey found kids with bank accounts are four times more likely to worry about Y2K's effects on banking systems than kids without bank accounts. In general, the survey found that kids think they are less likely than others to experience Y2K-related problems, Lutz said. For instance, they expect the Y2K bug to affect computers, but not their computer, he said.
Parents are little better.
According to the survey, kids who get most of their Y2K information from television are most likely not to know what the Y2K bug is. To a certain extent, kids may see Y2K-induced problems as 'snow day' events that will screw things up enough to get them a few extra days off school, but not enough to cause serious problems, Lutz said.