I dont blame your parents for their confusion. The iPads Photos app isnt as intuitive as it could be. Here are the basics on managing photos.

When you attach the iPad Connector Kit adapter to the iPad and then import photos, those photos are imported into two albumsLast Import and All Imported. You dont have the option to import them into a different album on import. However, you can create a new album and then copy the images to that album.

To do that, within the Photos app tap the Albums tab, tap the Edit button in the top-right corner of the iPads screen, and then tap the New Album button in the top-left corner. Name the album and tap Save. In the resulting screen you see Add Photos to and, by default, all the photo events currently on your iPad (you also have the option to choose Albums, Photo Stream, and Photos). Tap an event or album and you see all the images within it. You can select them all by tapping Select All Photos or tap individual images to select each one. When youre happy with your selection, tap Done and the images are copied into your new album.

To later add or remove images from the album, tap the album to open it, tap the Share button in the top-right corner, and in the Select Photos screen tap Add Photos to go through a process similar to the one I just outlined or tap on images you want to delete and then tap Remove. If youd like to copy images between albums, tap that same Share button, select the images you want to copy, tap the Copy button, move to a different album and open it, tap on an empty area within that album, and tap Paste. The images will now also appear in that album as well as remain in the original album.