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[jackshoegazer]

I just found out through Facebook that my son has his first girlfriend.

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[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

I'm all invasive and overprotective - I require full profile and security access, as well as his passwords. I don't go snooping or anything but it's a just-in-case factor. As he gets older and more mature, I'll be less involved and his online life can be more opaque.

Did you ever decide what to do about your parental FBing?

[hellocthulhu.livejournal.com]

Ha, the exact opposite of when I was a teenager. I had access to my parents' web history, email, documents, EVERYTHING... and they didn't even know how many email accounts I had, much less passwords or what web communities I was involved in. Which is probably a good thing, considering what I was getting up to in the wee AM hours...

I declined their friend request, and if they ever bring it up in conversation (which hasn't happened yet), I'm just going to tell them that it's a personal space for me, and that adding them would kinda be the equivalent of inviting them along every time I went out with friends... which would probably upset them more than me.

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

Of course, your parents didn't grow up with the internet and weren't savvy. Now, imagine your own children trying to get away with the online shenanigans you got away with. Yeah, exactly. Internet savvy parents are a pain!

[jesuslovesbono.livejournal.com]

oh my gosh. my mom is on facebook now. but i don't think i'd ever give her my password!

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

Ethan's only 13 and I'm a bit overprotective (mostly because my parents were non-protective and I got myself into some situations that were really unsafe.) so I make sure I have access just in case of cyber-bullying and creepy pedophiles and all that. I don't go snooping at all - I respect his privacy, it's a just-in-case thing.