Car technology has grown by leaps and bounds over the past few years, bringing us ever closer to the day when we no longer need to drive ourselves. Features like electric windows, keyless ignition, and heated seats have almost become standard on many models. As car companies continue their race to the top with ever more advanced features, Volvo’s new one could bring a doctor with you on the road–virtually, of course.

Though the idea hasn’t been implemented just yet, the company wants to put biometric cameras in each one of their cars in order to try and figure out when health emergencies might occur. This not only makes the road safer for all drivers, but could be useful for preventing cases from becoming more drastic due to lack of care. With the biometric technology, the cameras would even be able to measure a person’s glucose levels based on scanning their eyes.

There are more benefits than just being aware of oncoming emergencies. The manufacturers want a device that can even understand when the driver is under stress, which would then trigger a series of conditions to reduce the stress, such as changing the temperature or the music. Most importantly, however, the camera’s will include a drowsiness monitor. What the car would then do with that information is still unclear.

Some passengers may worry about the privacy of the data that would be collected by the biometric cameras, but to alleviate some of the fears, Volvo has decided that at least for the time being, the cameras are an optional feature. They’ve been working on the technology in conjunction with their driverless car program. Once people are free from driving themselves, the company wonders if the biometric cameras can eventually be used for things like video conferencing, which could be an interesting way to take up a commute when driving is no longer the primary activity.

Technology is one of the best and worst things to happen to teenagers. It’s awesome because it allows them to connect with their friends and be a part of their lives in a way that past generations just never got to enjoy. It’s the worst because their parents are also using it, which means they’re never really able to escape them. Read on and you’ll see what we mean…

This mother wasn’t about to take any of her kid’s excuses. We’ve all heard about how important education is for children and teenagers but you know what’s even more important? Not pissing off this angry mother while she’s on the way home after a long day.

Clearly, this kid had left a mess at home and hadn’t gotten around to it. And although he tried to explain the situation, she wasn’t about to accept any of it.

We have to admire this daughter’s cool in the face of her mother absolutely ripping into her for not printing out the photos when she doesn’t even have the file that needs printing out.

Clearly, this woman needs to learn a bit more about how computers work or possibly a little anger management when it comes to dealing with her daughter. Hopefully, they figured out how to get these photos printed but judging from this conversation, that menial task seems to be the least of their problems.

Ever heard the expression, ‘If you can’t pay the fine, then don’t do the crime?’ Well, that seems to be the very motto of this household, especially when you have a mother who’s able to access your bank account and pull out money after she has to pick up after you.

Honestly, it’s not the worst way in the world to teach a kid responsibility, but it seems like this guy is already pretty grown considering that he’s paying for insurance. Perhaps this mom should have just let him off with a warning…

This one seems completely out of hand to us. Threatening to not pay for your child’s medicine just because they didn’t answer you right when you wanted definitely isn’t okay.

We understand that it’s annoying to be at the pharmacy and needing information right away but for something as serious as medicine, why not just come back later? Or better yet, be a bit more responsible and make sure you have a photo of the product before going to run errands.

We have to say — after reading this text exchange, it’s clear who the level headed and rational one in the relationship is and who’s a bit, shall we say, overly emotional. This girl just wants to pick out her own clothes, probably to fit in with her friends.

Her mother, on the other hand, immediately gets paranoid as if her daughter is just doing it for some boy when she’s probably just doing it to feel confident and grown-up. It’s time to let the little bird fly, lady.

It was three in the morning and this mother was clearly worried about where her kid was. After a series of texts, which got more and more volatile — so much so that we had to censor out half of what was written here — she decided to throw some guilt on top of the verbal abuse.

All of this could have been avoided if she had just gone over to her child’s room only to see him or her asleep in their own bed.

Dating in the age of technology is pretty complicated all on its own. But, adding to that a grandkid-crazy mother and you’ve got yourself an impressive recipe for chaos and disaster.

Jordan can certainly attest to the fact that his mother is both incredibly embarrassing and wildly nosy. If he’s having this much trouble in the romance department, we would definitely blame his horribly inappropriate mother.

We’ve heard about mothers who like to guilt their children into doing things for them, but mommy dearest here takes it to a whole different level! Not only does her kid have an exam on the day of her birthday party, but she also happens to live on the other side of the country!

That doesn’t seem to matter to this mother, though. Instead of simply letting it go, this mom decided to make her kid feel absolutely terrible and remind them that one day, she won’t be here anymore. Great. Thanks, mom!

This mother has a lot of nerve to go asking her kid for money and, after discovering that he doesn’t have it, begin lecturing him about how important savings are. If savings are so important then where is yours, mom and dad?

We’ve all heard the expression, ‘Actions speak louder than words.’ If your kid doesn’t have money, then there’s a very good chance that he learned his financial habits from watching his parents and their irresponsible ways.

Mom was feeling a little left out of the conversation and wanted her kid to know that she was very disappointed with their actions. Her daughter had the nerve to get sick and just before Thanksgiving, too!

This mom immediately assumed it was because of her daughter’s late-night partying but in this case, it was just a good old fashioned bug that she didn’t want to give to anyone else. Maybe next time she’ll reconsider getting infected…

Most parents would be happy that their kid is focusing in school and isn’t texting in the back of the class. But, this dad wasn’t feeling that at all. Rather, he was getting super annoyed that his son wasn’t sneaking onto his phone and answering the second after daddy dearest had sent him a text message.

Hopefully, this kid finished the test in time to answer his father before he came barging into the middle of their class covered in sweat and fuming with anger.

This mother was clearly in need of a little love today, and wasn’t getting any from her son. So, during the two minutes that he wasn’t staring at his phone, she decided to busy herself by just sending him “I love you” over and over again.

After he finally checked his phone, he was just as surprised as we are by his mother’s insistence on him showing his gratitude for a cup of coffee. Maybe next time, it’s best not to accept the gift.

Parents and kids — at some point, they get older and the relationship inevitably changes. While some grow closer together, others have a falling out for various reasons.

Hopefully, they’re able to reconcile and come together. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always happen, or at least not as quickly as they’d like. For this mom, “as quickly as they’d like” meant less than an hour. After following her sentimental message up with a threat, we’re not sure that this mom and son are resolving their issues anytime soon.

For some people, expressing themselves through their hair or clothing is a fun and important way of showcasing their personality to the world. In this family, it’s apparently used as a weapon — at least that’s the way it appears to this mother.

When this gal heard that her sister was getting married, she thought it was the perfect opportunity to show off her new style but, her mother somehow managed to interpret her daughter’s decision as a personal insult.

When this mother found out that her kid was a fan of the band, Iron Maiden, she clearly didn’t take it well. Apparently, she thought that it directly contradicted her values and beliefs — and frankly, wasn’t thrilled about the fact that her son was planning on attending their concert.

To make things worse, her son dropped a bomb on her by letting her know that her husband listened to them at one point, as well. Hopefully, she was able to take this news in stride and not completely lose it.

This is an interesting technique to reconnect with your child, and by interesting we mean incredibly strange — and a bit creepy, in all honesty.

He decided that if his daughter wasn’t going to talk to him, well, then he would just marry someone younger than her. Of course, he’s overlooking the fact that she probably wouldn’t talk to her considering that she’s ignoring her own father but, that’s the least worrying part about all of this.

It’s amazing how in certain families, hair is the most important thing. When this dad saw what his son had done to his hair, he felt the immediate urge to let him know.

While we appreciate honesty between a parent and his child, we feel that — in this particular situation — it would’ve been better if he had just let his son do his thing without him interfering. Especially since it doesn’t seem like it was totally his fault.

Christmas is a time of love, family, and giving. Or, in the case of this family, a time to pay up the money that you’re owed. Clearly, showing love and emotion isn’t something that this family does. In reality, they’re all about getting down to business.

While that may work well for a multinational corporation, we think that within a family, it might be nice for someone to wish their child a Merry Christmas before they start demanding money from them.

When this mother saw her son’s new tattoo, she was in a state of shock. Actually, ‘state of shock’ might be a little tame when describing how she felt. According to her, she had just had her heart ripped out of her chest when she saw her son’s new ink.

That does seem a little dramatic, but of course, we have no idea what kind of tattoo he even got. Maybe it was something truly awful, but we highly doubt it.

This mother wanted to get her daughter’s attention, and she wanted to get it right away! We understand the urgency of wanting to make sure that your child wishes her relative a happy birthday but, does it have to happen right that second?

Perhaps this is a habit, and her daughter is actually nocturnal so, mom is simply trying to wake her up in order to get her on the phone. Or, maybe she’s just a little overdramatic. We may never know what the case is.

They tell children that you shouldn’t believe everything you see and hear on the internet, but maybe they should start telling parents the same thing. Especially this one, who went on to YouTube and decided that she now had a third eye and that aliens were responsible for it.

We have to imagine that this is only the beginning and that from here on out, things are only going to get more wild with each subsequent video.

This was probably a very confusing text for this guy to receive from his mother. Joking about death and other sad things is something that certain families may do, but even they would probably think that this is a fairly strange message.

Unless, of course, this person’s great aunt was just a fan of dark humor, in which case this would be totally appropriate. But, at the end of the day, it just happened to be a simple mixup with text lingo and abbreviations.

It’s true that in our busy lives, certain important things can slip our minds. Hopefully, nothing more important than our own children, who we brought with us to the mall or — in this case — Walmart.

After having finished up her shopping, this mom got a message from her kid asking her where she was, which she had assumed was just a casual question. It only took a moment before mommy dearest was reminded that she had just forgotten her own kid at the store.

This one seems a little intentional to us. We have a feeling this mom was purposefully joking around with her daughter after she told her about the stellar grade she had just gotten in chemistry class. Of course, it’s possible that she really thought that ‘WTF’ means ‘Well That’s Fantastic,’ but we doubt it.

That would imply someone would have told her, meaning that there’s a whole section of society that’s using this phrase completely wrong. But, who knows? Perhaps there is…

This is both very sweet but, also slightly awkward. Apparently, this family was waiting for their son to come out so, when he told them that he was, they were immediately very supportive!

Of course, he wasn’t confiding in his mother about his true self — he was just casually making a statement that he was planning to visit his parents. Even for that, his mother was undeniably supportive, which is the kind of parenting we all love to see.

This mother was annoyed at her daughter for messing with her computer when she wasn’t looking. It seemed like every time she logged onto Google, their logo was different. This was quite annoying to her because she was perfectly happy with the original one, so why fix what isn’t broken?

Clearly, she’s not the most internet-savvy — assuming that, since her daughter showed her Google, it was obvious that she ran it. It looks like this mama bear has a lot to learn about how much Google generates.

This mother had some very good advice when taking soda out of the fridge — don’t shake it. This might seem obvious to anyone who has had a soda before, but you know how moms like to teach and reteach their children just to make sure they don’t run into any inconveniences.

Of course, when she first texted him, she didn’t exactly say the word “drink.” We’re sure her son was completely shocked before she sent the follow-up message explaining what she actually meant.

Entering the digital age is a bit more difficult for some than it is for others. Take this mother, for instance, who waited years before finally relenting and buying herself a smartphone.

Of course, getting a smartphone presents its own set of challenges, especially for someone who’s never used one before. If she’s having trouble just finding the space bar, she’s going to be in a world of hurt when she goes to the app store and sees how many options she has.

We have to commend this mother for her efforts to make sure that her son is eating healthy. As concerned as she is with his eating habits, though, she might want to try focusing on other matters as well. Specifically, what words she’s typing to her son.

Obviously everyone knew what she meant from the beginning but still, it must have been horribly awkward to look down at your phone only to see a message like this from your mom…

We’ve seen plenty of moms who can’t seem to understand texting slang, but in a weird way, it’s almost worse seeing a parent who did finally get it right. Even though responding to “did you buy a new car?” with YOLO does work, it seems just a tad bit cringy.

It also doesn’t quite answer her kid’s question as to whether or not she can afford it. We guess that once the kids are out of the house, there’s no need to hide how financially stable you are.

For many people, exercise time is sacred, and thus they don’t like to be bothered with pesky text messages. So, this mother decided to be proactive and message her daughter that she was about to get a workout in and didn’t want to get interrupted.

Her daughter was understandably confused by this text, especially since we’re all aware that it’s not a problem putting the phone aside and getting back to a text at your own convenience.

This mother has been telling her daughter to do her various chores and obligations, and while we can assume that she’s read them, she’s made no effort to respond to her mom.

So, this mother came up with an ice-cold plan to make sure that her daughter was actually getting everything that she had been sending. While this may not be very nice, we applaud her mom’s clever way of making sure that the texts had gone through.

This son needed some information and when you’re in need of something, there’s always one place you can turn to — your mama! It turned out that this happened to be an inconvenient time for her since she had lost her glasses at that very moment.

This must have been before voice notes, or maybe she didn’t know about them, because she tried to send a message anyway. He must’ve thought that she was speaking some other language before she explained the situation.

This son must have been quite puzzled after receiving a text from his mother saying that she was going out for ‘the heart emoji,’ which he understandably assumed meant ‘love.’ We’re not sure where you might go to buy love, but apparently this guy’s mother knew of a place that none of us do.

Of course, after a confusing exchange, they both realized what was really going on here — his mother was going for some dessert, and with a little imagination, we can actually see how it looks like an ice cream cone.

It’s pretty common in Jewish culture for parents to be pretty involved in their children’s dating lives and helping them find a partner. Of course, going to the dog park specifically to find a boyfriend for her daughter does seem a little intrusive.

Not quite as much as taking a photo of a complete stranger in secret to send to your daughter, though. This mother probably got some secret agent training to be able to send her daughter this hilarious picture without getting caught.

A lot has been said and written about parents and technology. But, this is unlike anything we have seen before. While it is reasonable that some parents may have a hard time understanding how phones work since they were born before cellphones were even invented, we still think that they should show a little more competence when using them.

This mom, however, appears to be completely clueless about how cell phones work. We think it’s hopeless anyway.

Sometimes we tend to rush our text messages and then omit a comma or some other punctuation. However, we have a feeling that it happens to parents more often. This seems to be the case here.

Actually, there is something a lot more worrisome here than a missing comma. Why would they want to subscribe to Homes and Gardens? Who reads this anyway? Even moms have stopped reading this magazine.

Mothers and daughters often have special relationships. Since they are women, they can feel a lot more comfortable talking about issues that only women understand. One of those issues is relationships.

It can be hard sometimes to go about your days without a partner. So, this mom decided to pretend as if she’s her daughter’s boyfriend by sending her this silly good morning text. You have to admit that it’s very considerate, but it is also creepy.

Mothers are the type of people who always worry about their children. They always want to make sure that their sons and daughters get enough to eat, sleep or exercise regularly. In this case, however, this mom was more concerned with her son’s cultural enrichment.

Apparently, his mother was referring to yogurt, probably due to the bacteria that are used to make it. Once you realize the context, it sure does change the whole conversation!

Ever since personal computers became a thing in the early ‘90s, people have become addicted to Microsoft Solitaire. Since then, this game has never left us. Everyone who has ever owned a computer with Windows installed on it definitely played this game at least once.

The rules, however, can be a bit tricky and complex. We wonder what this mom was thinking when she asked her son to explain the rules — in a text message.

You really don’t expect your mom to play weird mind games with you. At least, this is what we think it is. Otherwise, why would you tell your son that you left them $100$ somewhere in the room before leaving for your vacation?

While this could be their way of forcing their son to clean up his room, we still think that it’s a little harsh. We hope he did find the $100 though.

We are not sure if this mom invented a new type of slang, but it seems like her son was able to understand her. Our guess? She asked him if he could join her on Christmas. This is, however, a very weird way of inviting someone over for the holidays.

We mean, who says that anyway? This sounds very creepy to us. We certainly wouldn’t want to get a text from our mom inviting us to “ho” with them.

It’s always funny to see parents discovering new ways to use their cell phones. Sometimes, however, this isn’t something that the young generation would call a discovery, since chances are that it has been around for a while.

In any case, looks like this mom thought that she figured out how to create a little winking emoji just by typing the right characters. To us, it seems like she got it all wrong. We believe that the appropriate reaction would be replying with a facepalm emoji.

You expect your parents to always be supportive and caring, even when you are going through a rough patch. Sometimes, however, they are the ones who are going to give you a hard time.

It’s not that they are bad or anything, but sometimes they want to remind you that the joke is on you. This is the case here. Getting dissed by your parent does seem a bit more hurtful than it would have been from someone else.

There’s always one thing that makes cheese a little bit better — having a nice salty cracker to go along with it. This mother and son duo knew that so when she left to go buy some cheese, he wanted to make sure that she remembered her obligation to get the crackers as well.

Well, it looked like in the end, she had a little joke up her sleeve that made the rest of us cringe. She knows how to crack ’em, huh?

If there’s one thing that the older generation knows about the younger generation, it’s that we love texting. So, knowing that her daughter was coming to visit, this mom wanted to let her know that she too can be chill and comfortable by shooting her a text.

Of course, though, the text wasn’t totally necessary considering that the daughter was already in the house. Still, we appreciate the mom’s effort — at least she’s trying to connect with her daughter!

This must have been horrible for this mama bear to wait for a text from her daughter — who was on a camping trip — to let her know where she was. It turns out that this gal had forgotten her charger back home and it took her a while before she got ahold of another one.

She’s lucky that she did, though. And just in time, too, since her mother was about to apparently break the treaty that was keeping vampires and werewolves from fighting each other.

For some reason, parents have a really hard time finding the space bar button on a smartphone. We didn’t think it was that hard to find but, then again, we don’t have parents who like blowing up our phone with multiple texts every few minutes.

This is another mama bear who couldn’t find the space bar and had to ask her son for help. It took a few tries, but in the end, this mom discovered exactly where the spacebar is.

It seems like this mom knows how to text one thing and one thing only to her son, and that’s “When r u home?” Maybe the reason that she was texting the same thing over and over was due to the fact that she didn’t like his answer and wanted a better one.

If that was the case, then she probably should’ve tried a new tactic since reading this reminded us of watching a ping pong match. At least they managed to mix it up at the very end…