Health, connections and fate along with kids, drove me head on into the cyber world, and kids having knowledge of them all helps.my mum and dad are clueless, especially with PC's.
Im 43 but I got my first PC at 12, had an Amiga 500 prior, but got an old MS Dos 486 SX33 on my 12th birthday
Never get a penny out of this place, but it's this place that got me to learning all about the world of social media. So like a jigsaw everything comes together. Otherwise like your parents I probably wouldn't have had a clue.
I have a strage obsession with keeping the brain active, I struggle with concentration, but I feel keeping the brain active and learning new things all the time, stops the brain becoming stagnant and repetitive and hopefully keeps away the onset of the dreaded dementia, although there is no concrete evidence that supports my theory.
Use it or lose it as they say.