Would you add your PARENTS as friends on myspace or facebook?

I have both my kids as my friends on myspace. And their friends have also requested me.. My son doesn't get on often, but my daughter and I enjoy sharing things on myspace..And it isn't just for dating it is also for sharing with family and friends that don't live nearby..I don't know how old you are, but honesty is the best thing in a relationship with your parents, if you have something to hide, then your relationship isn't as close as it could be with your mom.. Besides, maybe she wants to get to know you better, she isn't your enemy, I am sure she wants to know who you are..

I have my Mom, Aunt, Brother, and Cousins added on MySpace and FaceBook. Plus a few other social networking sites that I am a member of. I have a close relationship with most of my family, and they are usually pretty excepting of the person I have become. Besides what I display on my profiles is stuff that most of my family and friends new I had done, did, or is going to do. I do think that parents who have children getting online should at least keep a small eye on what they are doing. The internet can be a dangerous place for anyone, who doesn't take the right precautions. Plus I believe if it's something you don't want your parents seeing or finding out about you shouldn't be doing it in the first place. Just how I see things, so take it or leave it as you see fit.

Well I don't have one but my sister and niece do, they are friends on each others. I don't think I'd add my mother. It's not that I have anything to hide really but I'd feel uncomfortable and worried about anything I might say. I wouldn't feel like i could be as honest on there. It would be like if she joined here, I'd be worried about everything I posted. Would it come back to bite me when I least want it to. If I was a teenager it might be different but as an adult I don't want to feel like I have to answer to someone else. My mother can be somewhat naive and narrow minded where as I try to be very open minded and want to learn more things. It would be difficult having her as a friend in such areas.

My mom refered me here, and of course she is on my friend's list. She is my best friend and I keep no secrets from her.If my dad ever got online, I would also include him. We are not as close, but I would take every effort possible to be as close to my parents as I can. We are only given a short time to enjoy the ones we were given, I wouldn't waste any of that time given to me.

I wouldn't do it becouse I just don't want them to know what am I doing in the web. I sit surfing the net to run away from them sometimes. Whenever they shout at me or sth I go to web;]

ive been thinking about it a lot. what would i do if my parents were to get facebook? i know that wouldnt happen because my parents arent really tech savy and would not even know how to work facebook. but i would, without a doubt, NOT add my parents. that would be too awkward and they would always be asking questions. the internet is the only thing that my parents can not ruin for me. atleast i hope. not only would they be always creeping on my facebook but they would snoop through my pictures. none of my pictures are inappropriate but who knows what they would think. i say no to parents on facebook. i think it should stay that way. kids need something of their own and thank god for the internet.

I don't do Myspace. Tried it but it is not me! I joined Facebook mainly because my kids encouraged me to and now I have both family and friends as Friends there. As a matter of fact, I have found it necessary to create a second account because I don't want the kids &c to know EVERYTHING I am up to (not that it's in any way nefarious, LOL ... just why should my kids know that their dad spends a lot of time Horseracing or playing Scrabulous??) I think everyone deserves a private life. The trouble is that kids seem to be the first to disagree with that. I also think that one should be honoured that one's kids (and THEIR friends) regard one as enough of a friend to want to connect on social networking sites. That is the other way round from your question, I know, but maybe you should invite your Mom to connect with you on a 'safe' profile

I thought it was pretty neat that my 18 yo grandson added me as a friend on Bebo, without me even knowing he had a Bebo account. Mind you, once I was there, I sent a friend request to my 16 yo grandson (his younger brother) and he never replied :-| The older lad is a fine fellow. the younger one is "getting there" :-)

Hello.there is nothing wrong to add your parents as your friend in myspace. i will do that if it is me.it is nice if your parents are your friends also

When you say kind of wild on the net, is that to say you do things you would be ashamed for your parents to see. I am a mom with a Myspace site and all my children have been added as friends, i see somethings they do or write or send that I don't really care for but that is their site and their life. Or do you really feel they are invading your privacy when they ask as if they are watching what you do. Myspace was set up for friends and family to communicate and send glitter grafics, birthday wishes, etc, just to have fun. I feel your mother will be very hurt if you say no, and then she will think you are hiding something you don't want her to see.

great discussion. both my kids have me as a friend on their myspace. i sort of insisted. they aren't thrilled, but i'm there. i'm not on their top 10 friends, i can tell you that! lol i'm hidden down at the bottom somewhere. they don't like it when i snoop. they don't like it when i leave comments. when i go into myspace, i hear"mommmmm". Do I know what their up to? Pretty much. Do I like it? Not really. Do I think I should stop them? Not really. I understand the dangers. I also understand that kids need to test their boundaries and express themselves and all that stuff. I try to keep tabs on them. I try to let them go a little, but not too much. I try to remember how I felt when I was their age. I didn't much like my parents prying into my life either. But, of course as a parent our perspective and our priorities do (or should) change. Our job is to teach our kids right from wrong and to protect them, but at the same time we have to try to do it without completely alieanating them to the point where they just shut us out completely and go do what they want regardless of our rules. I also realize that even though I'm a "friend" I can't see all that goes on. They still have that "message" feature and now my daughter has added that feature where her "comments" don't show like they used to. I also know that theres a way to see those comments anyway, but there are only 24 hours in a day, and we do have to let them grow up eventually.

I sure would! I have all my family and friends, including grandkids, in my 'friends'. We don't pretend to be anything other than we are... even my obsession is all over my page. And the kids curse or get goofy if they want to. We've learned so much about each other in the past year, and I believe we understand and appreciate each other more. Its a great way to stay close... we don't have to think of something to write in an email, we just respond to each other with single sentences. We ALL love it!

Well, as my mother has no knowledge of the internet I would have to answer this question with a no. But as a mother with adult children I would like them to add me so I can communicate with them easier, but it will never happen because they wouldn't want me to hear what they say to others. I am sure they are good kids but they don't tell me everything in their lives and so they probably have some secrets that they dicuss with their friends, that they just wouldn't want me to know, and that's okay. I would not want any of my children to be friends with me here in mylot because I post some stuff here, personal stuff, that I wouldn't want them to know about. I use mylot to get out my frustrations sometimes and I wouldn't want my kids to read them.

no I wouldn't add my parents on facebook as there are things I don't mind my friends reading but I find my parents reading it wierd. Also they have no interest in terms of communication to talk to me, if im on facebook its at home. Photosharing is something we don't need to do as I will only show my parents my photos if I want to. I do not think parents are supposed to be friends on myspace or facebook.

he he i will add them if they know how to use the internet and if they have myspace or friendster accounts. :) i was teasing my mom that i would teach her how to do these stuffs so she can get busy and find her own online friends so she too can chat and not try to bug us at work. hehe

My daughter added me on to her facebook. SHe sometimes post photos and that way I can see them if she didn't send them to me yet. We have had no problems being "facebook friends" and actually some of her friends added me as well. I sure know that kids are always a bit wilder( or more realistic ) in there and my daughter is wise enough to talk to me about most of the things she gets into - in and out the internet - so I am not shocked or in panic when I go to her page. Sometimes if she thinks I might flip because of a picture or something else she has in there, she will tell me in advance and that's fine. I"m fine with it and happy that my daughter feels comfortable with me and has no problems with me sharing that part of her as well.

yes in fact my mom is already on my myspace and shes also in my top 10. My mom is great and I do consider her a friend. She doesn't get on there much anyway. I actually don't get on there that much either.

My dad has a myspace and hes on my top friends. lol but I don't really have to worry. for one my dad never uses it really and he doesn't really know how and neither does my mom but even so they are very open minded people and they aren't shocked by anything i do anymore. lol I think it just depends on what type of relationships u have with ur parents.

I wouldn't add my parents, and my brother and I have agreed not to add each other. As much as I get on well with my family, I don't want them to be privy to everything I say to my friends.

I have the problem the other way round! LOL! Why would I want my KIDS knowing what I was saying and oding online? Nothing naughty you understand, but what the heck? Can't a guy get some privacy? If they were friends of mine I would get no peace, they would harass and bully me online! I use Yuwie for socialising as they think it's uncool and wouldn't be seen there but I do have a Myspce account for my musical interests. I tried Facebook but can't stand it, it's far too intrusive.