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My mum and the internet have been in an intense love-hate relationship for a while now. She didn't grow up in a digital bubble and her notion of Twitter probably resembles a modern version of Teletext.The only people who really suffer from older people's inability to understand technology are the people who have to translate it for them. Usually it's innocent children like me. I don't know how many times I've had to explain that something happens in real time or that WhatsApp can send voice messages.Luckily, my mother doesn't have a smartphone. I think both of us are happy about that. The mere idea of my mother using emojis makes the hair on my neck stand up. She has a similar reaction to the thought of using a touchscreen. Most of the WhatsApping mums drown their kids in an avalanche of laughing-crying-faces, hearts and thumbs ups – I'm happy that I don't have to block my mum.
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