Encourage them to become more tech-savvy. Don't let them fall into the media propagated stereotype that there are "nerds" who get tech, and "regulars" who don't

Encourage them to become more tech-savvy. Don't let them fall into the media propagated stereotype that there are "nerds" who get tech, and "regulars" who don't. Explain to them that anybody (assuming relatively average intelligence / mental faculties) can become tech-savvy enough to be largely self-sufficient. Let them know that you weren't born magically gifted with deep knowledge of how computers work, but rather that it was something you learned... with the implication being that they can learn to. Not saying you should encourage everybody to switch careers to software development or network engineering or whatever... just make sure they know that this stuff isn't actually the impenetrable black magic that they might have been led to believe that it is.