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- Children
- 3 children: 19, 30, and 32 years old
- 1 grandchild: <1 year old
- Description
- Both 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 children's content and who the content would be shared with.
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- Passive Parent
- Parent who does not normally handle the logistics of storing content
- Because of this, it is burdensome for them to access content or contribute new content because
- sometimesSometimes, pictures and videos are stored on the active parent’s laptop
- sometimesSometimes, even if they have physical access, the passive parent may not understand the storage paradigm i.e. folder layout or naming scheme
- Active Parent
- Parent who does normally handle the logistics of storing content
- either Either more technically savvy or more enthusiastic about using content
- Sharing is easy when they (the active parent) wants to share
- Sharing is not easy when the passive parent wants to share because the active parent must do all the work, often with the passive parent just looking over their shoulder
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