Are you Facebook friends with your kids or you parents?
By liquorice
@liquorice (3887)
December 4, 2008 11:17am CST
Another Facebook discussion just made me wonder about this. Some of my Facebook friends are friends with their mum or dad, which, I s'pose is nice for many reasons. It means they can keep in touch with them more easily if they don't live nearby (or perhaps even if they do!) They can share photos of the grandkids and have "conversations" that don't cost any money. And it might be good for the peace of mind of a parent who's older child is away at college, to be able to see that they're ok.[b]
However[/b], with your parents constantly watching you (as it were!) wouldn't that limit the kind of things that you'd want to post or write there? Well it doesn't seem to for some of my FB friends. I'm not normally that easily shocked, but some of the photos and applications I've seen on their pages make me blush a bit, so I hate to think what their parents must think...
So, are you FB friends with your kids? Ever seen anything shocking on their page? Perhaps they've even deleted you so they can post more freely, or you've deleted them as you'd just rather not know what they get up to, lol! 
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Are you FB friends with your parents? How does that work out?
I'm not FB friends with my daughter or my mum as my daughter's too young, and my mum isn't into computers (although I think it's maybe only a matter of time...)
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Are you FB friends with your parents? How does that work out?
I'm not FB friends with my daughter or my mum as my daughter's too young, and my mum isn't into computers (although I think it's maybe only a matter of time...)1 person likes this
5 responses
@meganohbaby (18)
• United States
9 Dec 08
At first I had facebook and my mom did not. She had a myspace and we were friends on there. She soon got a myspace though and added me as her friend. It does not really bother me much because we are pretty close and I do not hide that much from her. And the things I would hide would not be posted on my facebook profile. I am not really into all the applications, so I do not have to worry about all that. My stepmom recently got a facebook and added me too, except with her I do not care much about what she thinks of me, haha. But to answer your question, it works out fine, and I have no problem with it. :)
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@liquorice (3887)
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9 Dec 08
That's nice that you're close and you don't have much to hide from her. 
Lol @ you not being bothered about what your stepmom thinks of you! You've just given two good reasons why some people befriending their family members; if you get on well and you don't have anything to hide from them, and not giving a stuff what they think about you, I love it! Thanks for a good answer.
Lol @ you not being bothered about what your stepmom thinks of you! You've just given two good reasons why some people befriending their family members; if you get on well and you don't have anything to hide from them, and not giving a stuff what they think about you, I love it! Thanks for a good answer.
@liquorice (3887)
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9 Dec 08
Yes, I agree, lol! That's why I'm amazed that some people who are FB friends with their parents and other (older) family members post things that you wouldn't really want your parents/family to see 
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@keith12345 (164)
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4 Dec 08
I have Face Book but good for me my parents don'e, i dont think i would like it if my parents did because they would be keeping their eye on me and i would not like for them to know what im talking about to other people, well there would be no problem but for me it a no, thanks
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@liquorice (3887)
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9 Dec 08
No, I can understand that! I don't think I would have wanted my parents knowing my every move when I was a teenager or at uni. Kind of takes away that feeling of freedom.
Thanks for your answer.
Thanks for your answer. @jonnyspirit (66)
• Puerto Rico
4 Dec 08
unfortunately there are people surfing the web looking for minors and in most cases they end up abusing and doing things that will mark this kid forever. i believe in supervision because prevention helps to avoid dealing with social issues later
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@liquorice (3887)
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9 Dec 08
I can see where you're coming from here. When you're talking about minors, and especially minors who might be "befriending" strangers on the internet, it's going to be risky. When your child is school age then I can see the dangers and that some supervision might be wise.
I suppose it's hard to know in advance what they're going to be using Facebook for. Most people I know use it to keep in touch with people that they already know and share what's been going on in their lives. But the people I know are older than the kind of age you're talking about.
I agree that younger internet users need to have parental supervision. Thanks for making that point.
@spikey09173 (1)
• United States
5 Dec 08
i have my dad as a friend but he doesnt look at it much considering he never uses the computer... and he trusts me with a lot of stuff.
@liquorice (3887)
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9 Dec 08
It's good that your dad trusts you. And nice that you accepted him as a Facebook friend!
