When Will Your Parents Get Their Internet Citizenship?
“You are terrified of your own children, since they are natives in a world where you will always be immigrants” It’s Complicated
When will your parents join the bandwagon and become immersed in the Internet world?
Trying to explain the significance of the internet in my everyday life to someone from a generation where the internet didn’t exist is like throwing paper airplanes into a black hole.
They’re willing to grow and go with the times, but there is an underlying resistance to believe that their generation did things better, and that the newer generations are losing something due to our quick advancement.What I think Dana Boyd is trying to express in the quote above is that maybe our parents aren’t deterred from social media and our technological advances because it creates a disconnect, but maybe because if they try to get involved they will never have the fluency necessary to keep up with their kids.
Maybe our parents are terrified of our constant upward movement and their resistance is all an effort to keep us at the same level as them.
