Advice re soft ware

[The Happy Humanist]

Hi
I would like to buy something for my parent's (80's and technophobic) Christmas to help them make a family tree with my 11 year old, who has the use of a fairly old laptop with Windows 7.
There is a bewildering array of things to buy and advice online, which I can't get my head around :confused
They don't have the internet, so all the sort of ancestry sites etc are of no use.
Does anyone have experience of such software or anything like this that they would recommend we get?
Just something which lets you fill in names, dates etc and print things out easily, I suppose, and perhaps leads you through how to cross reference?
Any advice gratefully received.
Thanks
Kate

[David Banks]

I use Family Tree Maker and Charting Companion for FTM. It has quite a lot of features, but I just use it to record the basics which has an easy-to-understand layout.

I must admit this is the only software I have tried, so cannot compare it with others. However, it was OK for someone such as me with only basic computer skills.