Anyone else have difficulty explaining tech to their older parents?

[Black A. Camus]

Man, my mom is in her 70's. She lives in a different state than me. I just spent 2 hours trying to explain to her how to mirror her iPhone to her Roku t.v. She still couldn't do it.

She kept getting caught up and stuck on irrelevant details. She fell for every red herring. Or, she would be on the wrong screen, habitually.

My blood pressure is up. I need a drink. And even though it's still early, I kind of feel like my whole weekend is ruined.

Anyone else have problems explaining tech to their older parents?

 

[publicenemy]

Man, I'm 54 (today) and I have friends and family that go out and buy all these hi-tech gadgets and don't have a clue and damn sure ain't gonna read a manual, I feel you

 

[God's Gift]

Whew! My mother still can't grasp the difference between cellular service and Wi-Fi but wants to get rid of cable and do like I do. If I added Bluetooth to her vocab, she'd really aggravate the hell out of me.

 

[big enos burrnet]

man i stop trying...some old school folks let technology slip rite pass them 30-yrs ago.....

 

[TimRock]

my father emails me instead of texting me. fuck it, it's s a start.

 

[bignatt]

I introduced my mom to youtube tutorials problem solved

 

[Star]

--She kept getting caught up and stuck on irrelevant details. She fell for every red herring. Or, she would be on the wrong screen, habitually--

I tell my Father, Click the BIG BLUE button that says download, Some how he does not see the Big Blinking Blue Button, He will restart reading the screen from the Top Left, I resay , In the middle of the screen is a Big Blinking Blue Button ! ! What ? Where ? Huh ? and then he keeps reading every word on the page till he gets to the Big Blinking Blue Button,. Even then he can get into some weird loop of clicking the wrong thing and having to start over from the beginning, What should take 3 minutes will take at least 45 to explain

 

[p5ych3]

When my mom was alive, id take care of her tech needs during visits. Over the phone is a pain in the ass.

 

[chilibrick]

nope. moms is good. she bought a 4k before i did. she saw a 8k at p.c richard and had a " i might have to move the 4k in the guest room." look in her eye.

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

My dad is 73. He's had his computer for 12 years. He still types with 1 finger. He's had his email compromised a number of times. He doesn't own a cellphone. He used a VCR up until about 2 years ago (got a DVR). Has thought many generic pop-up ads are viruses. Has called me asking for help. Whenever I visit there I run the cleaners & update stuff for him. His gf bought him an IPad for his birthday 6 months ago. He loves it.

Mom isn't too savvy with tech stuff, but has always been up on the latest. TV, Macbook, IPhone, IPad, etc. Knows what to Google & Youtube for tutorials, explanations, etc. She's sitting in the hospital recovering from a broken hip at the moment. Chilling with the Ipad. Talked to her a few mins ago.

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

--She kept getting caught up and stuck on irrelevant details. She fell for every red herring. Or, she would be on the wrong screen, habitually--

I tell my Father, Click the BIG BLUE button that says download, Some how he does not see the Big Blinking Blue Button, He will restart reading the screen from the Top Left, I resay , In the middle of the screen is a Big Blinking Blue Button ! ! What ? Where ? Huh ? and then he keeps reading every word on the page till he gets to the Big Blinking Blue Button,. Even then he can get into some weird loop of clicking the wrong thing and having to start over from the beginning, What should take 3 minutes will take at least 45 to explain

 

[RUDY RAYYY MO]

Yep almost every day. What pisses me off is when she says " you never showed me that "

 

[bignatt]

Yep almost every day. What pisses me off is when she says " you never showed me that "

I hate when that happens

Yep almost every day. What pisses me off is when she says " you never showed me that "

 

[bignatt]

I hate when that happens

 

[publicenemy]

Furthermore: "Man come over and setup Netflix for me, my screen is black, why is your speed so fast and mine so slow?, Hook up my new Xbox 360 LMBAO, or scan and print for me....................... or How do I get Kodi like you. Ya'll get the picture....................

 

[ViCiouS]

Man, my mom is in her 70's. She lives in a different state than me. I just spent 2 hours trying to explain to her how to mirror her iPhone to her Roku t.v. She still couldn't do it.

She kept getting caught up and stuck on irrelevant details. She fell for every red herring. Or, she would be on the wrong screen, habitually.

My blood pressure is up. I need a drink. And even though it's still early, I kind of feel like my whole weekend is ruined.

Anyone else have problems explaining tech to their older parents?

Yep almost every day. What pisses me off is when she says " you never showed me that "

Furthermore: "Man come over and setup Netflix for me, my screen is black, why is your speed so fast and mine so slow?, Hook up my new Xbox 360 LMBAO, or scan and print for me....................... or How do I get Kodi like you. Ya'll get the picture....................

all of that stress y'all have - used to be me..... not anymore

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[gene cisco]

man i stop trying...some old school folks let technology slip rite pass them 30-yrs ago.....

Yeah, some folks just stubborn. Think it's cool not to keep up with shit. Some of the older people weren't old when all this tech started appearing.