Do your parents not understandtechnology? Do they ask you stupid questions? Do they send you absurdtext messages? Do they even know what a text message is?
If you've got an example of your Parents Just Don't Understanding, send it to parentsjustdontunderstand (at) gmail.com. And, hey, if we publish it, send your parents a link. They probably won't understand what it is.
Those dumb bastards.

Your parents' Zune.
I mentioned to my mother that I would really like a laptop for my birthday. She got frazzled and said that if she had known, she would have gotten me this great one she saw at the mall yesterday. I asked what kind it was and she said, "It was one of those funky ?leaping frogs' things." A Leap Frog?
From Marlee, South Dakota State UniversityMy mom decided that she wanted to get familiar with computers. So, I showed her how to type addresses into the URL bar and assumed she could handle it. The next day, I got onto the computer and Mozilla Firefox was renamed "aol.com". The day after that, it was renamed as her email address.
From MustafaMy parents change their email addresses every time they move or change internet services.
From Amanda, University of Colorado Boulder>