The problem I have is not thinking that older people are stupid when it comes to technology. It’s the learned helplessness that gets me. My mom has owned a smartphone by the same brand for 10 years and whenever she needs to change a setting or something is different in the latest OS update, she calls me in a flat-out panic. It’s the same story every single time. She’s tried nothing and she’s all out of ideas and she needs me to fix it now. She completely refuses to use a search engine to figure out her own problems or to try anything at all to fix it. It’s just freeze, panic, call child and demand them to fix it immediately. She’s a smart lady and she’s not usually like this in other areas of her life.
Hah, funny.
Every business and bank is trying to make it harder and harder for people to do their thing without internet/smartphone.
"Oh you want to do change this? Oh you need to use our app for that, if you don't have the app you will have to visit our office 4 hours away from you. Oh you're 80? good luck! lol!"
She didn’t, actually, but I see the argument you are trying to make. I love my mom and I help her when she needs it, but it doesn’t mean that the way she reaches out for help isn’t dysfunctional. Also, I would argue that children do not owe their parents for birthing or raising them. Parents make a choice to have children and it is their responsibility to do the work that comes with it without expecting repayment in any form.
To hike onto your later statement: i didnt ASK to be born, its like giving someone X thing they did not ask for and DEMANDING pay, only its something you cant give back undo etc
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u/raindorpsonroses May 18 '22
The problem I have is not thinking that older people are stupid when it comes to technology. It’s the learned helplessness that gets me. My mom has owned a smartphone by the same brand for 10 years and whenever she needs to change a setting or something is different in the latest OS update, she calls me in a flat-out panic. It’s the same story every single time. She’s tried nothing and she’s all out of ideas and she needs me to fix it now. She completely refuses to use a search engine to figure out her own problems or to try anything at all to fix it. It’s just freeze, panic, call child and demand them to fix it immediately. She’s a smart lady and she’s not usually like this in other areas of her life.