Parents on Facebook

[Apoc]

I have my settings completely opened up... Shit, I've even got my former CEO, my two current bosses, and my current CEO as friends. If they can't handle who I really am, I don't want to work for them.

Same. My boss just asked if she could friend me this morning. I said sure.

Then again, I'm old and part of the man at this point, so I guess my experience is anecdotal.

[Steve85]

Too funny...I just exited the 18-35 demographic this weekend and asked my daughter if I need to remove my Facebook. I was on first and she friended me when she joined.

It's fun sometimes to get into a facebook war (and grounding your opponent is against rules?...I called BS but oh well).

I know she drinks and cusses and sometimes she writes some pretty funny stuff. She's 3.5 hours away and just hitting her home/frontpage can give us an idea how she is doing that day. We don't explore her content. We send bumper stickers now and then just to let her know we're thinking about her. My wife also uses my account...explaining the "it's complicated" relationship status was fun.

Whether it's weird or not will depend on the kid. And as a teenager any "social" contact with parents is considered weird. "I mean you know that's like so wierd like ya know, right?"

[Dave]

Steve, you are one cool parent :-).
I think you have the absolute perfect approach. Use it to guage your kid's well-being, rather than judging them on what they do is a great way to ensure a healthy relationship on Facebook between you.

I've never been on Facebook, so I don't know the nuances of it, but as stated previously, it obviously depends on the kid and the parents. There are definitely ways for both parties to be on there without it getting weird, and the best way to figure it out would probably be for the family to actually talk about it.