Patty posed the bizarre image of the sex toy on her Twitter

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Twitter newcomer Patty Parsons posted the image of the sex toy on to social media - oblivious to what it was and keen to crowdsource an answer to her question.

And the internet was quick to reply and tell her about her 19-year-old’s masturbation habits.

The innocent mother also got a quick lesson on how to use Twitter and picked up a few followers along the way.

But Patty’s denial, distress and ignorance about her son’s passage from innocence to experience was arguably the most entertaining.