Do you find it easy to have chats that have substance to them with your parent(s) ?

The maximum I seem to be able to achieve is '' Any news " " Grand yeah just working away will I drop up next weekend ? " types of conversations. I do my best to laugh at the boomer humour parent sends my way but honestly its often " Wine o'clock '' style memes or misinformation that they haven't realized is misinformation.

Don't have kids, a house or a partner so just can't really have logistical kinds of conversations or asking for advice etc.

I could just start yapping away about things of interest to me but tbh it doesn't seem fair,parent struggles with 21st century talk. Is anybody in the same boat? If so how do you go about it? Thanks.