http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070612.wlfacebook12/BNStory/lifeFamily/home
I started reading this article because the tagline is "Parents who go online to snoop on their kids are having the tables turned on them."
While the piece begins with the funny anecdote of an older woman who gets facebook and starts annoying her kids by leaving comments about how inappropriate her daughters pictures in bathing suites are and other photo comments and wall posts you might expect to get from a matronly woman. She then reaches a point where she grows tired of her kids leaving comments on her wall making fun of her photos and low number of friends.
The article goes on to to discuss how Facebook could lead to changes in family dynamics with multiple generations and extended relatives befriending each other on Facebook.
The article discusses how having parents on facebook will only cause some kids to exercise their privacy options while other kids and parents report that facebook has actually brought them together. The author's take is that Facebook could very well help bridge some of generation gap.
My parents do not have facebook and I have not had to confront that issue. I was wondering if any of you guys are Facebook friends with a parent and can attest that being a positive or an annoyance in your relationship with your parents.
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I think I mentioned it before, but my mom does have a Facebook, which is a little weird. But I have to say that her having a Facebook hasn't affected our relationship in a negative way. I think it has actually helped her trust me more just to see what I have online is NOT incriminating when she could otherwise just be assuming that it is.
ReplyDeleteAlso, sometimes she uses Facebook chat to ask me questions, so in that way we actually communicate a little more than we would otherwise.
So it's not the coolest thing in the world, but it definitely hasn't been a burden.