Parents and Technology

Throughout the test of time there has always been famous rivalries that clashed and conflicted. Children versus vegetables, Coca-Cola against Pepsi, Ireland's notorious TDs opposing common sense are all mere examples we are familiar with. Technology is a core struggle for the majority of parents and a rift everyone can identity with. It has developed through the years to be a bigger strain and hindrance on their lives due to technological advancements and its now commendable importance in the modern world. My own guardians have their own particular set of perplexities and misfortunes with the new-age, hi tech' electrical world which should enlighten your next five minutes.

1. The mother has acquired an inimitable text-messaging style. She has mastered her own offbeat abbreviations ('PG' signifies 'please God'), personal sign-offs for every sent message and the art of miscalculating where to include smiley-faces in conversations.

2. The father has a fossil brick mobile phone. The same model reincarnates whenever he breaks it despite the artifact being off the market for the last ten years. Ever wonder why Ireland is inundated with potholes? It is because whenever he drops this antique it dents the road, it's a known fact the phone weights the same as a bag of cement.

3. Everything internet related is dangerous and a core topic to groan over when elderly visitors are over and the infamous Coronation Street dialogue is running thin. You could be halted quietly watching My Little Pony episodes on YouTube and it will be criticized and labelled a deadly activity.

4. It is impossible for the aul pair to deactivate the keyboard sounds on their mobile phones. All the beeping and bleeping causes severe blood boiling especially considering it takes an average of eight seconds to text the next character. This point coincides with the outrageous one finger typing strategy which millions of parents have excelled in throughout the world.

5. Too many wonders of the internet baffle my father into a state of restlessness. Explaining the concept of Twitter was more problematic than deciphering an ancient Hebrew transcript. When questioned about the theory of online shopping teleportation was the obvious avenue to venture down as an answer as I didn't the following three hours to engage in his query.