Do your parents text and email?

In the past my mother never wrote text messages and she always called people if she wanted to talk to her family members or friends. My brother and I often offered to teach her how to write text messages, but she always said "No, it is not neccesary, I can just call people when I want to talk to them" but after some time she changed her mind and agreed to let me teach her how to write text messages. Today she sometimes sends me a text message, but most of the time she still prefers to call me instead of writing a text message. She sometimes forwards an email to me if she receives an email with cute pictures or something like that, but it doesn't happen that often. My father used to be able to send text messages and emails, but lately his eye problems have made it impossible for him.

I don't know if my dad uses text or even has a cell phone (I can only assume that he does), but I know he has a computer and uses email. However, from what he's told me in the past, he's hardly ever on the computer, so I doubt he prefers to use email as a way of communicating. As for my mom, she doesn't have a computer, nor has she ever used one. I tried to get her interested in getting one some years ago, but she didn't see the need. Too bad I didn't have my little notebook then. Maybe if I could have shown her first hand just how handy and convenient computers really are, she might have been more inclined to get one. I know she has a cell phone. Apparently I somehow convinced her to get one years ago. I doubt she texts with it though. Heck, she doesn't even know how to retrieve her messages from it, for crying out loud! LOL Which really makes it impossible to communicate with her that way. With her message box full, her cell phone doesn't even ring on her end, it just goes straight to her mail box instead! Happy mylotting!

My mom is in her mid 60's and my dad in his early 70's . But both have kept up with technology. Dad is still very much active in doing his marine Biology research as well as other book stuff so he needs to make use of those communication tools very often. Well, my mom acts as his secretary if dad has lots of things to do.

actually my mother and my parents still do texting me though they don't use internet so they never email me,they use to text me as our communication to each other and i am thankful because we have this kind of communication because of the new technology.

thanks for discussion.. well, I do not text to my mom but I call her. and for my dad I have lost him 2 months ago.. wish if technology was that advanced that I could text him through net and connect to their world which they are...!

My parents are both in their 70's and definitely technologically challenged. My mom doesn't have a cellphone and knows very little about the computer. My dad got a cellphone several years ago and swears me out people are leaving him voicemail messages all the time when they are really text messages. It's a never ending saga whenever I go to visit. In the beginning he constantly asked me to check his voicemail, which I learned wasn't even set up, whenever he received a text. After explaining to him the difference in the two, he plainly stated for me to tell people to stop sending him text messages cause he can't call in and check them. It's unreal! All I can do is laugh as I explain it to him again. And don't even get me started on computers! My dad tells me to unplug the one at their house because he doesn't want it to set the house on fire. Gotta love the parents. Guess it's hard to understand technology when you didn't really grow up with it like we did. And like my mom says, at their age it's hard to wrap your head around new things.

Well my father has never had a mobile phone and never will and he's never ever used a computer, my mum at least has a mobile phone and although she has been taught how to text doesn't, she is 70 bless her. I switched it to prediction for her to make it easier but she just said it made it harder and got annoyed with prediction text. I did offer to give my laptop to my mum, but she prefers her Nintendo DS lite which she is quite good at handling.

my parents are no longer with me, but i know for sure if they were that they would so be using text, email, and facebook to keep in touch with me, my kids, and the rest of the family. My parents were very cool and very hip!! I use text to keep in touch with my children and other memembers of my family. It's just easier then writing a letter

Both of my parents use SMS and e-mail, my dad more than my mom (and my dad is older). My maternal grandma uses Facebook all the time, and checks her e-mail. I think she knows how to send, but I'm not sure. She doesn't know how to text; all she can do with her cell phone is take calls, place calls, turn the phone on or off, and charge it. She has a desktop PC and an iPad that I won in a sweepstakes and gave to her (I owed her, after stealing her Coke points and winning a $1,000 Best Buy gift card with them). She can access Facebook from either of them, and spends more time there than I do. That's my Techno-Nana!

Being older it was a challenge especially when all my kids had Blackberry's and I didn't. So I learnt and took it weasy - one thing at a time and practised until I too could join in on family group discussions. And Yes, I text and do FB but not so active on FB as I don't really enjoy it. Being older may mean that we take a little longer to learn and face challenges in learning but we can learn and enjoy being in contact with family

I don't know if my parents do tekst or e-mail but I assume they do (I haven't seen them since years). I am sure both will have a cellphones and computers since at the time I still had contact with them they already had (might be because of their professions). I am a parent and I am texting and e-mailing most of the time. I don't like to call. I wonder what exactly you mean by: older people. Think it all also depends in what kind of society you live in combination with your education, profession etc. I doubt elderly people are unwilling to learn about technology, btw this kind of technology is invented by people who are older now! Ever thought about that? I know in my country nearly every city/village has a meeting point for elderly people where they teach them how to work with a computer etc. It already exist over 25 years.

Hi mommyboo. I am 24 years old and my parents are almost 60. And since we live in India all this technology came here quite late than other countries like America. But still my father is very much familiar with all these things. He not only has a gmail id but also a facebook account. In fact my father can even download movies via internet. Anyways have a nice day !! SuperShames

Both my parents have cellphones but they don't text me always. They just text me whenever I am not home for some safety reminders or they want me to buy them something while I am outside of our house or vice versa.

Believe it or not, my parents' phone are much more advanced than I am and surprisingly, they were able to maximize their phones by doing more than just texting and e-mailing. My mom in particular is also very active in social networking sites. Weird as it may sound but my parents, despite their age, jnows how to go with the flow when it comes to technology.

Even with being overseas for two years from 2007 to 2009, my family only texted and less emails. There was Facebook already so they could check what was going on with me. We could also chat and do webcam and all that. But my parents did not really email much, just text messaging.

My parents do email and Facebook, but no text. Texting isn't something that works for me either because I've got no patience for any of that "ur" for "your" crap.

People hardly use the USPS anymore. No wonder Saturday mail delivery is ending soon. Yes, my parents text and email. There are some wonderful benefits to communicating instantly.

I don't have parents anymore but i'm pretty sure if they were alive they would have all the gadgets to keep up with the new aged world. My parents were very open to these kind of things, especially my dad. However, I have parents-in-law. Both have cellphones. My MIL uses email, messengers and facebook. She even has an ipod touch. She's very trendy. As a mother, I have to keep up with the latest trend in technology, music, even clothes to be able to keep up with my 9 year old boy. Kids nowadays are so advanced. I want to learn about the things that he thinks are interesting so i could guide him properly. I don't want to be lost in the dark and find my son doing some terrible things because of what he knows and what i don't.

My parents can text, email, use a cell phone, phone and of course mail things. I still get things mailed to friends family and ills and so one.

My father wouldn't adapt the new technology but my mother can answer the call but she can't text. What she enjoy most is the built-in radio in it and television.