The question of whether parents and children should be online friends is a debatable topic. The answer will vary from one person to another, depending on the level of frankness parents and kids share. But an objective analysis needs to be done as it is an ongoing debate and more and more people log on to the internet.
So, your parents are using social networking sites?
Facebook, Twitter and MySpace are three of the gigantic social networking sites. Many people use them for different reasons like chatting with old friends, promoting a business, gaming, making appointments and so on. Most adults and kids alike are members of some networking site or the other. It’s no surprise that you’re bound to run into your parents or children online. What do you do? Can you become friends? Or is it a strict no-no?
Kids normally make use of these sites to keep in touch with fCertainly not. What can happen at the most? Perhaps your parents may come to know about your boyfriend of girlfriend. If you look with other perspective, at onetime even your parents did all that you are doing now. Like flirting and dating. So what the problem in letting them know about your love. In fact, they have had their piece piece of experience. So they can help you in making a proper choice. Apart from this, there is no other reason for kids not wanting their parents on Facebook. Same reason holds true in case of Orkut and Twitter.
Well, one factor can certainly put you in trouble. That is the type of language that you use to communicate with your friends. If your parents have no problem with that, then you have got a bonanza.
Also, is there anyone who doe not want their friends to see his/her parents? If any such creature exists, then, perhaps they are born out of Lord Almighty’s mistake. If you don’t know, your parents are out there boasting about you. There might not be a moment they spent without your thought. And you are the one ashamed of your friends knowing about them, seeing your photo with them.
If your parents cannot accept you the way you are on networking sites, that is because it is something new for them. It was not available at their time. But, if you can help them get accustomed to it, they will also have a jolly time with you. It is not only the kids, even some parents have trouble having kids as online friends. For example, they can find out whether you are doing infidelity or not. This will remind you of the sacredness of the relationship.
The good side
- You and you parents can share good time online. This is in fact a boon for kids who away in some other place and are dying to see their parents.With a webcam, you both can see each other and feel each other’s presence.
- If you have something to tell them, but can’t be talked over the phone, can be sent to them as a message on their profile. Moreover, your parents don’t have anything to do with your friends. In fact, they will readily accept your choice,for they trust you.
- They can keep decent observation on your life and can warn you, if you are going in the wrong path.
- Can share all memorable pictures with them.
- Also, you can also know about their life.Like are they having a second relation or not.
- In fact, there generation gap that exists between the kids and parents can be solved by being online together.
The bad side
- Your parents will come to know about your crush. Well that might seem to be a problem. Is it possible that you hide about your crush form your parents forever? It is they who will get you marriage done. So what is the harm if they get to know about him/her now? If they have your crush also added as their friend, they can track his behavior and tell you whether you have made a good choice or not.
- They might stalk you. Well you can boldly tell them that you want your privacy and that they should not do unnecessary interferences. They can understand, maybe, you will have to do a lot of efforts to accomplish that.
- They might upload your cute pictures. Like when you were 1 years old. This might embarass you, not if you girlfriend loves cute babies.
- Your parents will come to know about your grades. (You can explain it to them.)
This topic can be debated upon ceaselessly. But the final verdict lies on the readers, on the basis of the emotional framework they have built with their parents.
