Tch Yo Prnts

if u cn re dis, thn u r k. bt giv d folks a brak&... because they need help with this stuff! You probably don't want to give away all the secrets. bt thn gen, havn d krusties no wot u r san iz gna wrk 4 u 2 ;-)

You'll avoid cred shredding voice calls, or a sudden ringtone attack of the "oh no's", because they'll be able to text awkward questions like "what time will you be home?"
You'll be able to send them messages on the sly, meaning no long explanations to questions like "where have you been?" or "do you know what time it is?"
You'll be able to a get a response from them within twenty minutes, and it'll all fit on one screen :-)

Have your parents use this text translation tool whenever they're stuck

Take pity, have mercy and lend them a hand:

Show them how to set up a phone book and text straight from it
Show them how to put spaces between words!
Show them how to use symbols
Show them what predictive text does and how to switch it off
Show them how to hold keys to get numbers
Show them how to be brief - less is more on the txt

Who knows, if you promise to do all of this for them, they might just get you a new phone (you can give them your old one ;-) ) See how to avoid hassle with shiny phones

And now that you have the texting sorted, perhaps you could have quiet word about this...

SHOUTING!

Most adults have got over this, but there still some poor souls out there who believe that the microphone RIGHT BY THEIR MOUTH is not close enough to pick up their voice.

There are plenty more stories of adults missing the beat, and although we don't like picking on people, we'd like to introduce...

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