my mother has a facebook!

It is very nice when your mom has a Facebook account then she can update information regularly and you guys can chat with her also. My mom never uses a computer and she doesn't know about the internet, etc.. She is living in countryside and she is not familiar with high-tech devices or computers.

missjahn it is common for old people like me to have facebook. I have my personal facebook account and also another one for my blog. I post in 10 other facebook sites so that I can inform others about new blogs posted for recruitment in banks. my aunty 75+ also has one and she has learnt to operate it.

I tried to teach my parents how to use computer a few years ago, but as I am not staying together with my parents, I just wrote down the instructions on how to turn on the computer, etc. As there are no one to guide them there or answer their questions instantly, hence they haven't learn how to use computer yet. I suppose they don't have the interest or need to use the computer. So, yeah, they do not have a facebook account. I just registered an email account for my father recently, in order to let him receive his friends' emails. Same as you, I am the one who read his emails and show to him.

I Am so happy for your mum she is a brave lady good for her! I started to learn about computers in my late 50's today I Am 67 and doing quite well an open mind is the only way to learn new things I Am sure your mum is going to be a champion in no time!

I don't even have a Facebook account, let alone my mom... Well, in my case it's not so much of not knowing enough about computer; but more likely because I do not have any interest at all in Facebook. And my mom...; well, I think it is safe to say that she has no idea what Facebook is and that she has never operated any computer at all...

Hi friend, good to hear that you created a fb account behalf of your mother and have fun and enjoyment with her friends using her account. My mother don't have computer knowledge and don't have fb account, my brother, sister and cousins having it and i keep in touch with them using fb

My mother has had facebook for a couple of years now, at first she was stubborn about it because she didn't have confidence that she could learn it. We showed her a few things on the site, but she learned mostly on her own which is quite an accomplishment for someone who hasn't known how to turn on a computer for that long.

My mothers birthday is on the 14th also. She is older than your mother and really doesn't have any interest in Facebook. I have Facebook and do play some of the games. Its easy to spend a lot of time on Facebook with photos and talking with friends.

Hello there. Just like your mother, my mom has her facebook too.My sister made it for her because she doesn't know how to use the computer well too. Maybe, if we would train her, she would also learn how to use the computer and how to open facebook but I think she doesn't like it yet. Before, when her account was still new, we were so happy we made one for her. That time,our uncle immediately sent a friend request and wrote something on her wall. Also, some of our cousins and aunts added her. She was also so happy that time. One of our cousins sent her a message but my sister was the one who typed our mother's reply. She also did the accepting of friend requests, uploading of pictures, and so on. This time,we are so busy too and we don't live with our mother. We couldn't open her account that much. Maybe, there are already a lot of friend requests that my sister isn't able to accept yet. It's okay, maybe next time, if we are all together again, we could open it again and tell our mother about the people who wanted to add her and the messages sent to her. I also love my mother so much. I think a lot of people would like to add her as a friend because she was a teacher before and she is really kind. :)

My mum also got her own laptop when she was in her 60s.I had to show her how to use it, as well as that, I book marked her favorite sites that she also liked going on. Feeling that she can now master it all on her own is great, as now she do not have to call me or my husband to do all the things that she found hard to do.Now she is really good on it.

Well, this is something I have never heard before, mothers over 55 years of age having facebook account, quite interesting I must say. Though for most of them it is really not advisable except all children are so far apart and away from her then there is a need to have one but in the case that I can still see her at least once a week then I would just be working myself off on her profile and account, wanting everything to be perfect. This is something I wouldn't do because my facebook alone is time consuming and thus adding someone else's facebook to mine will drive me nuts. If mothers could be IT conversant, it would be good but my mother despite being in her early 50s is not even interested in the internet although she likes such development but finds it hard to comprehend how the thing works, she ask, gets answers and slight tutoring but she still can't handle anything that has to do with internet by herself, even texting is sometimes difficult for her but she is gaining grounds on that one. I don't see the point why your mother should have a facebook account when you have to manage it for her and help her relate with her friends on it, it is meaningless because social networking profiles are personal and it would be useless if we can't handle it ourselves.

my mother has a facebook account too. she uses it to communicate with her work friends and our relatives. I like it that my mom is up to date with the technology but then I must also be careful with what I post because mom might have a violent reaction to it

my mother does not have facebook account also she did not have any knowledge regarding computer.But my father had knowledge regarding this.by seeing this discussion i got a idea of making a facebook account for my father and teach him some guidelines regarding this .thanks for starting this discussion my friend.

I think your mother is quite fashion,lol.honestly,I even do not have time and mood to decorate my facebook,I mean,there are almost nothing in my facebook.I think facebook is a good thing for your mother cause as a retiree,something she will feel lonely but if she have facebook she can be more close to friends and relatives so she will get more fun,and I think may be you should teach your mother some computer skills so let her really enjoy the fun from facebook.

Our mom has her account too and like you, we also upload pictures for her, answer chats or private messages, etc. We are apart now so we don't check her account. She should be there before we open it. It's good to have Facebook so that we can still communicate with our loved ones working abroad or in far places, meet our old friends or our long-lost friends, etc. Happy myLotting!

Well my mum is a kindergarten teacher and she has taken special computer classes to know the basic knowledge because of me since I am far away from her. But since we don't have computer at home in FIJI, mum is not that well versed. She needs practice. Now that she is in the city with my brother to baby sit his kid, she can get the grip. I have my Dad's sister whose 3 children are in Australia and what they did is showed her how to use the basics and they they made a skype and the loud speaker. So she will get up and on the computer first, then she does her house work. If the son or daughter is online, she can here and she talks to them. She is in her 60s like you mum. It is nice to see them learning. thanks for sharing. have a wonderful day ahead.

My mom is a fifty-something year old school teacher and like your mom, she has just learned all about computers and internet lately. At first we tried to introduce excel spreadsheets to her to aid in her grade computations like a breeze. She was so happy that something she does for days can now be done in a few hours. But the thing is, she's having a hard time remembering all those formula. She we devised a system for her that she will just fill in the proper cells without keying the numerous formula for each cell. Anyway, late last year, we decided to sign her up a Facebook account right after their class reunion to keep in touch with her friends who now live from all over the world. So far she's enjoying it but of course we have to patiently teach her the necessary privacy protection stuff.