Are your parents on Facebook?

**MoreCowbell** · 07-10-2009, 11:40 PM

Yes. My mom has an account that my dad also uses. I'm olderish (30) so the days of friends posting embarrassing drunk photos or stories are (mostly) gone. It's just another way of staying connected and letting them know what's going on in our lives without having to call every single day.

**IcSyU** · 07-11-2009, 12:07 AM

My mom's on it. Her sisters are on it. My dad's mom is on it.

**Juggercy** · 07-11-2009, 12:10 AM

Originally Posted by IcSyU

My mom's on it.

she's one of my FB friends

**Haverhill** · 07-11-2009, 01:56 AM

Better not dad!! Don't get any ideas...

**mkadl** · 07-11-2009, 07:02 AM

Originally Posted by clone2011

Do they embarass you? Are you friends with them? Do you wish you weren't?

My parents are in their eighties. One can't drive any more. I believe you are stereotyping CFers, as younguns. No they are not. Now my kids, I believe they have two profiles.

**smittyclone** · 07-11-2009, 07:52 AM

Checking up on your kids is called parenting.

**CYKID** · 07-11-2009, 07:59 AM

I'm on it and my oldest 21 and youngest 16 are my friends but the 17 year old won't let me in his circle. Probably doesn't want his friends seeing my drunken photos. I use facebook more than any of them as my wifes entire family(8 kids and extensions) are on it.

**Angie** · 07-11-2009, 08:37 AM

My mom's on it, as is her mom. My husband's mom is on it, as is her mom - and most of her 8 siblings, as well as our cousins, siblings, etc. It has been an amazing, efficient way to communicate during a very rough time.

**Ms3r4ISU** · 07-11-2009, 10:50 AM

Originally Posted by motorCYcle

+1
My parents also have no desire to go on facebook and I thank God for that.

You sure about that?

**Phaedrus** · 07-11-2009, 10:58 AM

I guess we're one of those odd families where we, the parents, actually parent our kids, and don't just let them run wild. We're all on Facebook and are friends with each other.

Strange thing, kids whose parents basically abandoned them immediately after birth for their careers and social lives keep coming to us to be parented, and we have a bunch of other peoples' kids who have befriended my wife and I.

The world is indeed turned upside down, where basic parenting is "weird" but neglecting your children is considered to be violation of privacy.

**83Clone** · 07-11-2009, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by Cyclonepride

Some of you will understand when you're a little older, and all of a sudden find that you haven't seen or talked to some of your really good friends in years. It happens, and Facebook is a great way to reconnect.

+1

I'm the parent, got connected on Facebook by a HS classmate, and wound up going to my 30 year HS reunion and had a riot. Would have never done it if I hadn't found a bunch of classmates on FB

My 22 year old finally let me be her "friend' after she graduated college

**Ms3r4ISU** · 07-11-2009, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by 83Clone

+1

I'm the parent, got connected on Facebook by a HS classmate, and wound up going to my 30 year HS reunion and had a riot. Would have never done it if I hadn't found a bunch of classmates on FB

My 22 year old finally let me be her "friend' after she graduated college

When she realized you did know a lot more than she used to give you credit for, right? Good for her, and you!

**Aclone** · 07-11-2009, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by 83Clone

+1

I'm the parent, got connected on Facebook by a HS classmate, and wound up going to my 30 year HS reunion and had a riot. Would have never done it if I hadn't found a bunch of classmates on FB

My 22 year old finally let me be her "friend' after she graduated college

Been doing some of that reconnecting myself, for our 30 year reunion at the end of the month...Facebook is great for that!

**CycloneErik** · 07-11-2009, 11:43 AM

We use it to reconnect with old military buddies, old Taekwondo students, missionary friends all over the place, and much, much more.

I love it. It works great for what we're using it for.

**Cyclonepride** · 07-11-2009, 04:01 PM

Originally Posted by smittyclone

Checking up on your kids is called parenting.

True, though I think there are limits. I believe one of the best ways to "check up" on your child is through open communication. I will admit that my son has yet to hit his teen years, so that may not fly quite as well as I am hoping as he gets older. I think mutual trust is critical, and I'll give an example of something between my dad and I that affects me deeply to this day.

When I was 17 or so, I met up with some friends on a gravel road. When we had decided what we were going to do for the night, I went to do a three point turn to follow them. My back wheel slipped off the road, and we could not getting it going. I ended up backing into the ditch with the thought that I could drive out. Unfortunately, I got it high centered, and that was that. Being 17, I made the command decision to transfer the beer cooler to my buddies car, and off we went for the night. When I got home at 1 or 2 in the morning, I left a note for my dad explaining what happened and where my car was. I knew I had screwed up, and at that time sincerely wished that I had dealt with it the night before.

When I woke up late the next morning, I dreaded finding out the reaction. I walked out into the kitchen, and all that my dad wrote on the note was "done". My car was in the driveway, and we never spoke about it again. That story chokes me up to this day, because my dad's reaction told me so many things at once; that he knew I was bound to screw up occassionally and that he trusted me enough to know that I felt bad about it already. That one note did more to keep me in line than any amount of yelling that he ever could have done.