My father being an IT consultant is good with computers for the most part, although he has been working for so long and hasn't really needed to update his skills so he sometimes runs into problems. Strangely enough he has had a smartphone for much longer than I have and is still unable to change the wallpaper on it without either my intervention or downloading an entire app just to change the wallpaper. Now and again he spouts out some rubbish about computers that is for the most part outdated, such as worrying about screenburn on new LCD monitors, or warning that Facebook causes viruses.

My mother on the other hand is probably a lost cause. She is capable of learning but often forgets whatever she is doing, and has needed my help every single time she has ever attempted to use e-commerce - including booking surprise holidays. She's also in the annoying stage where she types all in lower case and adds either 'lol' or 'x' or 'luv mum' to the end of every text message or even Facebook message.

My grandparents. Eesh. They can't even work the DVD player (although I question whether my mum could do that). They'll often press the wrong button and have to call me to come and unmute the television. They have cable, like us, and are capable of doing a whole manner of things like setting reminders for their favourite shows or watching episodes that they may have missed - but when they remember that they can do this they immediately need help in doing it.

Ah... Les technologies...