TAKEPLACE: HELPING PARENTS WRESTLE WITH THEIR TECHNOLOGY

Thursday, February 3, 2011

HELPING PARENTS WRESTLE WITH THEIR TECHNOLOGY

We could all use a little help in this department

My parents have a new digital camera, and as I am from the "gadget generation", they think I automatically know how to use their new device and can teach them how to use it the moment I'm handed the camera.

How can I teach them how to use it while simultaneously keeping my sanity, especially as I already DON'T know how to use it? LH

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