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- Father** Age: 70
- Occupation: Retired Cardiologist
- Computer Experience: Uses computer for email, photography, sharing pictures and browsing the web. Manages all of the couples content.
- Mother** Age: 50
- Occupation: Financial Advisor
- Computer Experience: Uses computer primarily for email and browsing the web. Manages none of the couples content.
- Children:** 3 children: 19, 30, and 32 years old
- 1 grandchild: <1 year old
- Description:** Both the Mother and the Father primarily use their iPhones to take pictures/videos of their children and grandchild; however, when both are present only the father takes pictures.
- The Mother had no clue how to access the Father’s content on his computer and would never try, therefore it was only the Father that shared the couples content. The Mother would even go to the extent of asking the Father to share a particular item for her.
- Both parents found having access to this content extremely important because, ”thats what matters when you are old, family.”
- Both were concerned about the privacy of their childrens content and who the content would be shared with.
- Interesting Moment:** Mother has absolutely no idea how to access the fathers’ digital content, yet she loves looking at pictures of her children and granddaughter. This limits her to only look at pictures she takes on her phone and pictures the father prints out.
- Father was quoted as saying “Old people appreciate pictures that most people wouldn’t post on Facebook.”
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In our findings, it was common for a couple to consist of one passive and one active parent. This description characterizes each of the 3 couples that we interviewed very well.
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