Tech-savvy teenagers teach their parents online skills

Tech-savvy teens are giving their parents grinds in Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook as part of an online skills training initiative.

The Cork Technology Network, the CEIA, has devised a Mentor-A-Parent programme which has led to parents going back to school to be coached by their teenagers on the use of technology, apps, and social media.

The programme is being piloted among second-year students and parents at Gaelcholáiste Charraig Uí Leighin in Co Cork and will be rolled out countywide from September.