However, a few weeks ago she asked me an inevitable question in this day and age, one I never thought I’d hear from my mum, “Can you help me make a Facebook”.

Having only recently left my teens behind my reaction was less than mature. I instantly thought of my mum stalking my profile, reading my comments, attempting to add MY friends and looking at my pictures leading to endless questions about the people I socialise with. I eventually decided it wasn’t such a bad thing considering none of her friends have Facebook and thus she wouldn’t be on it much.

For some reason I had it in my head that parents shouldn’t have Facebook; an immature, insular opinion. I had always assumed that technology, media and anything involving complicated cords and plugs belonged to my generation. I was clearly wrong. According to Inside Facebook the highest growing demographic of Facebook users is women over 55, i.e. my mum. With this in mind I’m now quite proud of my mum for making the big step to Facebook and funnily enough she has over 50 friends, a target I didn’t think possible.

With the recent release of Sex and the City 2 in seems that 50 has become the new 40 with women who appear ageless (Kim Cattrall aka Samantha), more gracefully and taking on more and more opportunities that were once reserved for the younger generations. Whether it is creating a Facebook page, changing careers or going back to uni, possibilities don’t stop when your children’s begin.

While mum still pesters me about how to reply to someone’s comment and how to make sure no one can see what she says, it’s about time I started to do things for her, as opposed to vice versa. Next thing it’ll be Dad’s turn.