Should parents and kids be friends on Facebook?

Should parents and kids be friends on Facebook?

Are you forced by the parents to add them on Facebook, failing to which they won’t allow you to use the social networking sites? It is not a new problem. These days children are complaining about the pressure they face from parents to add them on Facebook. But why do parents wants to be in the kid’s friend list? Is it ok for the parents to be friends with their children on Facebook?

Yes

• Facebook is a social media and all the friends and family stay connected with the most used form of media.

• Facebook has become an integral part of people’s lives. They have got time for relations only on Facebook. So there is no sense in leaving exceptions.

• In the fast changing world, parents have every right to know about what their children are doing, where they are going, and Facebook can be the best media to get the required information.

• The communication and posts on the Facebook helps the parents to understand the mindset of children.

• If you are doing anything wrong that you don’t want your parents to see, then only you will deny having parents as your friends on Facebook.

No

• If the children stop their parents from posting or commenting on Facebook, they feel bad or humiliated. At the very first step, they should not be friends with children on Facebook.

• There is so much of generation gap between the parents and children. They cannot understand the entire structure of Facebook. It will result in daily arguments and can hamper relationships.

• Even the educated and modern parents have their own defined lined for the children which they don’t want to see breached at any cost.

• Kids have complete right to enjoy the privacy at any early stage. Enjoy the offline relationship with your children.

• The friend lists necessarily don’t have friends. Some of them are friends, some acquaintance and some professional people. You cannot explain every relation to your parents.

Conclusion

No one will appreciate if someone invades their privacy. It is applicable for both the parents and children. In general, parents don’t need to be friends with their children on Facebook. There are some talks and comments that should be restricted to the people of same age limit. However, again the world is getting smaller and shrinking to the digital platform. It children don’t have any problem, parents can always be friends with them. Pressure should not be a part of friendship in any case.