When I was in Junior High and High School I had a MySpace, then I got a Facebook account. When I had a MySpace account I wasn't friends with my parents I didn't know if they even had an account, but when I joined the Facebook world my parents made accounts and requested to be friends with me. I thought two things well if I friend them then they can see what people post on my wall ( I didn't want them seeing something inappropriate) or I don't friend them they will think I am hiding something from them (which I wasn't). I chose to friend them and thought my High School years I never once posted a single thing, only pictures here and there, but nothing that was inappropriate. Now to this day I still don't post a bunch on Facebook besides pictures and a post here and there. To this day I use it to keep in touch with family and friends from home since I am from WV and live in WA, I am far away and don't get to see everyone on a daily basis and ask how they are doing?
They man point is that I would want to be friend with my kids on Facebook and or MySpace. After seeing people that are younger than me posting have naked pictures on the web for anyone to see, and the inappropriate material (most recent is about Miley Cyrus Post/Pictures) that I would not want my kids to see. I would want my little girl to be have some modesty. I would want my children to use it for what I use it for connecting with friends and family, and I would request for my children's friendship on Facebook to keep up with there active life and maybe have insight on what actives they are or want to participate in.
The way of communicating and more!
I am friends and have access to any and all social media my children access, or I think I do. With logging capabilities on my router, any unknown access is done elsewhere. I take the Miley type incident and talk to my daughter about what is cheap and sleezy and what ideas it gives a guy and what is truly attractive.
ReplyDeleteSocial media causes parents to stress daily. I am for sure that my children are exposed to way more than I was growing up. I believe me and my friends found a Playboy in the woods and it became the highlight of our summer. Today with the social media the average kid will see 100's of those images daily and that is with filters. Children are maturing faster in my opinion and a parent is working overtime to teach what is right. As with all generations we will not know the true effects until 10-20 years down the road, cross your fingers...
ReplyDeleteI am not sure if I would want to be able to see everything that my child is posting or that is being posted to them. But, on the other hand I want to have access to do a little "spying" if need be. Nowadays you find out more about what your kids are doing through Facebook and Twitter than you do straight from them. My parents do not have Facebook accounts but many of my nieces and nephews do. I am friends with all of them and we share many photos and comments back and forth to each other without any problems or issues. I try not to respond to too much of the things posted by their friends. I leave that between them.
ReplyDeleteIf I ever had children I would probably want to be their friends on Facebook as well, especially if they went away to school. One of the main perks of Facebook and other social media is that it helps keep you connected to people all over the world. I like being up to keep up to date with what is going on in my friends and families lives at home while I am away at school.
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