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My wife and I started talking about this after she had to help an old lady at the DMV figure out how to use her iPhone to scan a QR code. We're in our early 40s.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I thought you said zoomer parents and was about to get really mad and sad at the time.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean older Gen Z are 20-24. I’m a millennial and I was a dad at 23 haha. It’s early, but not unreasonably so.

[–] Bread 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To 26 actually. Gen Z starts in 1997.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Eh the borderline years are all subjective.

But yes. Mid twenties is a reasonable time to start having kids

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Heh heh heh, I thought he said Boomer parents and I was wondering where the heck they got iPads

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

@AA5B @Albbi
Old people (I mean even older than me on the very tail end of the boom) love tablets and smartphones. They might not use a huge number of apps, or be able to install an app, but just like Donald Trump, they can text and use social media to excess.