10 Gifts To Get Mom & Dad Besides Alcohol!

Health, sleeping patterns, and it even keeps time too? Show your parents a new level of connection in the technology age with FitBit or one of its competitors! The only thing is that you have to help them set it up AND show them the advantages of using it or else this gift will be for naught.

It is too easy to have a picture of anything nowadays, so take the coolest memories you've shared with your folks and mix them with new ones in sharp and sleek 2016 type of way. No I'm not talking about a played out digital photo album, break out the creativity for this one.

Literally the gift that keeps on giving! Whether it's a box full of candles, toiletries, clothes, accessories, toys, even seasoning to spice up weekly cooking, there are tons out there! Know your parents obsession and keep em' happy all year!

Your parents love you and would like to see you more, and with this technological world we live in we can now make that happen more than ever before. Take the time to bring your folks up to speed, if they're not already, and set up a weekly/bi-weekly/monthly (you know your parents better than we do) appointment with them to talk. They'll love it!

There's nothing more shocking than figuring out you don't have to pay a bill you've already allocated money for... so why not give that satisfaction to your parents? If they're loaded & retired than this isn't for you, but if they're working and paying mortgages still I'm sure they'd love to find out that a $150 credit has been added to their cell phone bill. Besides, you're probably still on the family plan LOL!

You're the best gift you can give them, so plot out some events you both like and give them a 24 hour pass to their child again. I'm talkin' shopping, going out to eat, playing board games, watching movies, sledding type stuff. Treat them to you!

Things to modernize your folks lifestyle is what will have the greatest affect on them; do you think your parents like looking at video's on tiny screens? No, so teach them how to stream and take advantage of how Apple & Google are bringing all of technology together under one umbrella

Not all the time but when it's family time do not let the phones interfere. It may seem very invasive if this were to come from the parents, but if it were to come from the child it would look as if you really care about the time you are spending with them and are completely devoted to them. You know, holiday stuff!

The only trick with this one is, you can't ask them where they want it from - you have to know! Where do they go a lot? What do they do? A lot of people think gift cards are impersonal, but if you pay acute attention to what they like you're sure to find the right place.

Everyone has a novel - whether they choose to write it or not. Encourage your parents to reflect on life with a Thank you journal, or perhaps tell them to jot that one story down they tell all the time to capture it in all of its glory. From the things that have happened in their lives to the secret family recipes that they pass down, giving the gift of writing is giving the ingredients to self-discovery