Another big fear of many is technology. It paralyzes them. They are afraid they will push a trick button or combination thereof and the VCR will never work again. So they stay with the safe buttons. But, by and large, we have no idea how to program our VCR's to record that great John Wayne movie that is on at three in the morning.
Children usually have no such fear of punching the wrong button.
They madly punch away until they get bored. Because of this willingness to experiment with the VCR, they learn to program it to record all sorts of stuff. To learn technology, do not fear it. Play with it. Be a child.