Internet Savvy Parents

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My parents know quite a bit since they do networking, programming, web and application design.

However when it comes to stuff like Youtube, FaceBook, MySpace, instant messanging then they don't.

My aunt though - mother to three children - knows a ton about social sites and the likes.

My dad uses email all the time but my mom is the one whoo can type suuper fast

On an unrelated question/note:

Where did you find the picture/info on the doll? Looks very very nice. Was there anything else that comes with that? So pretty ^^

My dad avoids the computer and makes us do search for things for him. My mom is trying but can't even check email. >_> She can use skype though :) it's so she can talk to my brothers and my relatives online.

My dad is my mom isnt

My parents can barely work the TV remote even after repetitively instructing them *sigh*..

My mum knows how to use mail years ago, but as the technology advances too fast, she can't catch up. My parents' education level isn't high, so they don't really understand english.

LoL picture unrelated, but too damn cute not to post, eh? ^_^

My parents both use Gmail now and well... my dad is on the computer ALL the time it seems like. My mom uses the email when no one's using the computer. Browsing and other computer related things they're not very savvy. Danny, if you stayed in front of the computer as long as my dad does you wouldn't have 5000+ in your inbox ^^;

Ahaha - sneaky sneaky, Danny, setting someone else's home page to your own site. ^^;

My mom has recently gotten 'Net savvy - well, for a couple things anyway. She's good at browsing YouTube, and finding open-source music. And she does mail. That's about it.

My dad though...my dad works in IT. In computer networking. >_> Because of his professional paranoia my home network is extensively firewalled and extremely non-torrent-friendly. I have to go to Uni to download everything.

My mom much more so than my dad; she's actually the one who taught me HTML back when I was in 5th grade. Most of her computing time now though is spent playing arcade-style games (like Mahjongg), photo editing, or on I Can Has Cheezburger. ^^; My dad mostly just reads blogs and does remote access to his work computer from his laptop at home, he mostly just emails for work and when he and I need to sort out expenses from my college savings. I instant message with them both more than we talk on the phone anymore, and have been trying to get them to use Skype.

My mom's parents are both fairly good with computers, my grandpa has done a fair bit of MATLAB/Mathematica/Maple work and FORTRAN programming as a physicist, and my grandma mostly just emails. My dad's mom one day a few years ago decided she wanted a computer, and she's come a long way since day 1 when she tried to move the cursor by picking up and rotating the mouse. I even got her to upgrade from the old Gateway which is now in my collection to a Mac Mini. ^^ My granddad (dad's dad) refuses to go anywhere near it though.

My dad blogs regularly and both mom and dad use Twitter. Mail with them is agile and not time-consuming.

Actually my dad has been a geek for all his life – he made edutainment software for me on the speccy like 25 years ago.

My father is deceased, but he worked with computers... mostly mainframe though.
I don't think he was very Internet savvy, but did the basic e-mailing and stuff.

As for my mom.... well, I tried several times to teach her stuff, she did a basic computing course, and I know she checks e-mail from time to time... other than that, I don't think she does much.

She tries to do some banking from time to time, but almost everytime I go back to my hometown I have to fix something with my computer or my Internet connection.

Most of the times, a simple ADSL modem reseting and rebooting the laptop (I got her an EEE PC) will do the trick.

My mom learn to use computer & internet to communicate with the professors & doctors in China for consultation, she even able to let the doctor over in China to prescribe medicine for my mom patients over the internet.

While my dad just simple MS Office routine.

Lovely Saber is lovely~~~~~~~~~~

My dad used to be in IT and my mum only knows how to log on and use MS office for business duties but that's about all...

It's strange how the upper generation is slowly catching up with us young ones
then it's creepy when they start talking to you through facebook.....><"

Sexy Saber! D:

My mum is an average internet user. Cuz she use e-mail, messenger and internet browsing.
She all knew it because of me. XD

My parents can both use the computer fine for browsing the net and word processing, but of course they have absolutely zero troubleshooting skills. Which always falls to me T_T

My parents are not that internet savy I always have to help them use it and search for items. Gets kinds annoying after a while but their learning at least =/

Both of my parents not internet savy because both of them can't use it yet !! ^^;

Saber does look better. The antenna hair fits. Looks like she is saying 'take me home'.

My dad is pretty internet savvy... he does do computer programming for a living ^^" My mom only knows basic stuff about the internet, checks e-mail, visits Chinese websites, etc.

Also yay for Saber! <3

My folks only retain such skill when they have something invested in it. I've taught my dad several times how to use stuff, and he always forgets. My mom took the longest time to even double click the mouse properly. However, out of necessity, she has learned to go online ever since she realized she could watch TVB on the web. Bah!

I am the only member of the household who uses the computer/internet. My siblings know the consequences if they mess with my computer while i am not around. But when they have a special request i browse whatever they want me to. Usually they wanna know what's new on WWE.com or any updates on wrestling. They are so obsessed with WWE right now.

Oh and my mother is oldschool. She doesn;t rely on technology for e-mail and such.

My parents were forced to use computers and sent on courses when they computers started being intergrated in to companies. They aren't brilliant with computers but can mail and so forth.

They can do the normal stuff: go online, check mail, watch videos on youtube. Nothing beyond those kind of things.

Well, it's because of my dad that I love the internet. He's a computer engineer. My mom, on the other hand, only uses it for e-mail, Chinese sites, and buying things.

each time i look at saber i can't help but wonder what is behind that big opening of her outfit. ('~')

My poor mum was traumatised by the chat room while at TAFE for a woman's course. The teacher was obviously not net-savvy and she told her students to pick an animal to use as their chat name >.<;;; Needless to say she doesn't use the computer anymore.

As for my dad, can do almost everything my brother and I can do but limited. So email, downloads, torrent, chat and posting on forums and blogs. Had to teach him how attach files to emails and limit seeding on torrents though, almost everything else was picked up by trial and error.

Saber is adorable! Om nom nom!
My parents are kinda iffy in the internet, because I had to set up my mom's myspace so she could communicate with her gal friends, and my step father apparently doesn't know how to shop for good prices on the net. ^^; They both can mail, watch videos (now that I've taught them), and do their bills online. So I'd say they're internet savvy to that point. But I doubt they'd understand DC.com or any sort of web forum though, but they don't spend their time here like we do... :P

My mom is more internet-savvy. She does her bank stuff online, has a facebook and multiply account and emails all the time

My dad probably doesn't even know how to turn on a laptop, never mind use it.

My grandmother beat him to it. Haha

well my dad uses the internet to check mails and stuffs, while my mum finally knows how to use to to find yummy cookie recipes online.. the only annoying thing is that even if theres a slight change to the interface (like the change of location for my firefox icon) and they be like @___@;

btw such beautiful looking saber dollfie u have there ^^

My parents aren't that computer-savvy, but my dad knows a bit more because he uses it for work. He doesn't know any shortcuts though. For instance, instead of highlighting and right-clicking or using Ctrl+C to copy, he always has to highlight the text and go all the way to Edit, and then copy/cut/paste. ._.
I always end up as the tech support of my house. orz

My parents are quite net proficient and even know more about computers then I am. My mom works from home on several computers at once and my dad installs internet in peoples homes. Noone, including me, as lots of experience in html.

Saber looks quite sexy in that shot. I am too terrified to alter/stylize my DDs in any way due to their cost.

my dad isn't while my mum uses it for email and yahoo gaming only.. lol

welp, my father has no clue about using a computer yet my mother has attended several computer workshops. Apparently her home PC account seems to be collecting dust since her last class

My mom knows alot because the works with the computers at a university (Northwestern), but she lacks the common knowledge of how to work sites and that :P

My parents both have no idea how a computer works

Mom has a website of her own (so not fair!), and the parents use MSN messenger, Blogger, MySpace, FB, Yahoo! Games like Go, Go To Meeting, Flickr, etc. Mom is very social online and makes her living that way. Dad just does it for fun. He's sitting at the computer next to me and playing Go right now.

lol on setting the in-laws browser home page to DC.com. I must do that one of these days. ^^ about tech savy parents, my mom have just recently started using email. my dad on the other hand made a facebook account even before I did. ^^; I was surprised when he sent me an invite to join it. lol

Neither of my parents know how to use the computer much less know how to surf the net...

my mom finally learnt how to use the e-mail last year after she took some courses for something else. I'm very happy for her, and it's a bit easier to get in touch with her now :P My dad knows how to use the e-mail as his work required him to. Both should probbaly know how to surf the internets I think :P Not sure if they know my website tho -- mom will have LOTS to say about the eye sizes I been drawnin ^^;

my parents have trouble reading english so it's difficult for them to navigate through the desktop. They don't even know where Word or Firefox/IE are.

My dad pretends to be internet savy, but he does at least know enough to make use of it's functions, such as email and using google. (actually, i think he uses... yahoo....)

But I have to lol at hijacking the inlaws default page to dcc. thumbs up for that one.

Only my dad. And he just started not long time ago

I'm proud to say my parents are tech savvy (at least compared to their generation) today because I sat down and taught them.

Email and the Internet were the two killer apps for them, so I taught them to double-click the blue E (now an orange fox) on the desktop and then how to log on and use their email account. After that it cascaded. My dad probably couldn't get by without online banking and being able trade stocks, and my mom uses Skype to talk to my brother in Washington, DC.

How's that old saying go, about teaching someone to fish...

My father has a desktop which I built and a netbook. He uses computer for his job as a foreign language teacher or for his communication needs which involve chat, mail, youtube, image uploading, ..., heck he uses these services far more than me. And he is 70 this year.

My dad is a more savvy than my mom who don't want to have any relation about computer. My dad use the computer for his business and have an e-mails account. Internet is so important but my mom is still living in the stone age.

Even my baby-boomer parents are internet savvy. I think it's because they both work in the telephone industry and as technology with computers advances so does their line of work. They really have seen it all... from telegraph to fiber optics.

my mum did a secretary type course when she was young so she can touch type extremely fast. My dad cannot type at all. He uses both his index fingers pushing a key every 30 seconds or so.
Both of them know nothing at all when it comes to the internet. I'm constantly asked to help with extremely simple tasks.

My folks know how to mail, browse, google and my mum is even starting to learn how to order stuff online. She always manages to break something on the config though and then insists that she didn't do anything. My dad is an IT man so he knows how it works ^^

My mom teaches an internet college course and always shops online, so I guess that's savvy. My dad knows how to download stuff and stream Youtube videos but doesn't seem to be good at using anti-spyware. I think both of them use IE, though.... :/

My mum can use email, msn and look on ebay. That is honestly the limit of her computer can do.

I am a parent of three boys and one is almost 18 years old. "Uh yeah, I don't know nothing about no interweb. I only know what you think I know and maybe not even that much. I don't even know how to post a comment on a web forum....whatever that is."

Don't underestimate your parents. Personally, I am still teaching my boys about technology, networking and the social aspects of the cyber world. Even if they know nothing today, chances are good they know someone who can show them a useful thing or two if they felt like they needed it. At the office I'm "that guy" and people ask me stuff like that all the time.

My dad is fine, at least I don't have to babysit him...
But as for my mom I'm the 24/7 PC support system- the only PC related thing she knows more than me would be stuff like Excel and her timetable generating program, since I don't use them at all:p

My dad don't use the computer while my mom is really good at typing, she can also use email and play some mini games.

Non- internet savvy parents have their own pros and cons.

The main good thing bout that is that YOU CAN NEVER CAN BUSTED! ^^

The down side would be... they always think you're playing/gaming - even if you are doing work with PC or in front of it.

saber is looking good. ^^

My dad can browse the web and even play games mostly RTS (ie. starcraft & redalert) but not too tech savvy. My mom though can only do office stuff, 0 on the internet. heheh

Non of my parents can do PC stuff. But my sister and I help them when they need to contact our relatives in the province via web cam ^^

My mother started to discover the wonders of the internet since she got herself an Internet-Savvy boyfriend.

Since then she video-chats and does idunnowhat.

My dad has been working IT ever since he finished University, so he is internet savvy, even if he uses it rarely at home.

Neither of my parents can even turn a PC on, pretty much. My mom thinks that the PC is the monitor, so if she turns the monitor off, the PC is off... Like a TV, I guess.

They both also seem to have this unshakeable belief that the internet is like a sort of company that one man owns and you can "ask" the internet things... Like checking in one encyclopaedia. When she hears on the news about child porn on the web, my mom will say something like "why do they let that on the internet?" as if you have to send off to some guy who runs the whole internet and ask his permission to put anything on the 'net.

Both of my parents are very internet savvy but my dad especially. He's so good on the internet, and he does so much stuff on the internet all the time.

Man... I MUST be sleepy >_< On the RSS, I read it as Internet Savvy Pants >_< Ummm... Both my paresnts don't know how to turn on the computer... =]

my mom has a facebook, and my aunties too, my aunt is like 65 years old and my mom is like 55 Years old, my dad only uses messenger and mail.
my mom loves to be on the computer checking stuffs even dannychoo.com (I show to her some stuffs :P)

My mom was trained on programming old school, as in punch cards. She then changed careers while computer technology completely changed and advanced so pretty much she just knows about office apps and how to browse the web now. Such a shame. My dad is an electrical engineer, he could design a motherboard but is very computer illiterate when it comes to the internet. Usually falling for those stupid fake looking "Windows has found spyware, press OK to start cleaning" adds.

Both my parents use computers at work(mom does CAD and dad also does some kind of design I think), but neither are really into it. In fact, the whole family is only good with surface stuff.

>.. because when I was ini China last I set the default page to dccom ^^;
Well done:P
Anyway, both my pairents are internet savvy because they (especially my mother) have to use net for their work. My mother is a doctor and you can't believe how much reports and data she has to submit and access by internet..

I cannot claim they are masters of the interweb (indeed, poor old Dad will forever remain a neophyte, at this rate), but still savvy enough to get around and avoid most trouble.

Since my parents tend to move around alot they become really internet savvy to my surprise.

Im getting worried that im really liking the Dolfie, me starting to want.

My parents are not really internet savvy. They are ok though. They can do the basics of email and maybe shop and book reservations, but nothing advanced. However, my grandparents think computers are the hardest thing in the world...

My parents are kind of internet savvy. My mom is addicted to her email and plays World of Warcraft, and my dad has recently gotten on Facebook due to their live online poker games. XD However, both of them have very weak Google Fu, so whenever they need to research something online it usually falls on me. Granted, my mom's great at image searches, but for text information? Yeah, forget it.

My parents aren't they just randomly look at news and stuff.

If my dad would know how to "use internet" he would use it only to browse erosaito (wait isn't this like the whole purpose of world wide web anyway?). My mom thinks that the internet (and computers generally) is the source of evil -_-' and no, she is not a religious fanatic, she's just sooo old fashioned...

My mother is on the internet 90% of her waking hours... =_________=;

My dad uses browser and mail at work on top of whatever else he needs to work on statistics and reports.

My mom used computers at work for like 10 years but she stopped in '95 and since that is ages ago in computer history she isn't really able to handle a modern computer. She wants to learn though but it takes time and there is always something else that's more urgent. It would be good if she learned though so I guess it should take priority within the near future.

I'm sure they will never reach my level but way less can do. They just need to be able to use applications, not to be able to design and write them ^^

My mom uses email and such, but nothing that exciting. My dad on the other hand is pretty savvy when it comes to the internet, however not 100%.

My mother knows how the basic works of the Internet like how to watch videos, how to email, download, chat, etc. My father on the other hand is a different story. It was only recently where he learned how to use the email x_x

Out of the family, I'm the most skilled in the Internet x_x

my dad...yes...but my mom not at all...haha

mommy's kinda sorta savvy lol

My dad's savvy enough to check his e-mail and bid on eBay, but anything beyond that and he's clueless. Meanwhile, my mom is completely clueless about surfing the web. Her only purpose of being on the Internet is to watching streaming episodes of her favorite Thai shows and she only accomplishes this much because my father and I have provided her with step-by-step instructions.

My parents are pretty Internet savvy. They can surf the Internet and send emails which is good, but when errors come up on screen that's when I get the call from them haha^^.

Only my dad can surf net and emails. My mom will as my dad to set up the PC to watch online stream of Taiwan hottest drama show.

d@@b

Both my mom and my dad surf the internet.
But..yea, they ask me for everything.
And my dad always complains about the slow internet that my country has..

No not on either side of the family. ^^; My dad thinks computers are a waste of time. My mom is always saying she wants to learn but... My wife's dad and mom are not computer users as well. At least they know how to program and use a VCR. ^^;

Dad uses laptop for his part-time acct job and to browse the stock markets. Doesn't do much of anything else with it. Mom is completely computer illiterate.

What did your in-laws think about dc.com? Do tell! xD

My dad doesn't know alot about it and gets tired of just looking at me racing through it when at his place.
My mother and I share a computer, she's good... but not good enough to open hidden folders hehe.
My 76 year old grandmother has a laptop and is pretty good too.

I do think my parents know enough...

Enough to save me from giving them a boring 5 hour lecture every time something goes wrong with the computer or they experience internet problems. =P (Using Youtube, Bandwidth Usage for example)