Top 10 Do's and Don'ts When Connecting With Your Kids On Facebook
What Facebook does for my Jewish mother-in-law!
Warning to grandparents: Be careful what you say and where you say it!
Warning to children and grandchildren: Be careful what you post!
Have you ever noticed that if you call someone almost every day there is always much to talk about. Things like what was made for dinner, or what movie was seen last night. The conversation is easier and although the subjects may seem more trivial, in fact, the communication is actually much more personal. Simply stated, the other person is part of your everyday life.
I need not worry that I am putting trivial information in my profile, since if others don’t choose to have a “kitchen table” relationship, they shouldn’t seek out my profile or read my updates. The choice is theirs!
Parents live through their children and grandchildren. Today’s technology allows the framed pictures on the mantel or piano to come alive as a facebook reality show. No more waiting for the mail to be delivered, or hope that the phone will ring. If your family doesn't pick up the phone often enough, or can't drive and visit you…get connected to them using social media. Follow these simple rules and your visits will be positive for everyone.
Remember, your view is a cross generational privilege:
Top 10 Do's and Don'ts When Connecting With Your Kids On Facebook
Don’t snoop or become a detective, but if you can’t resist, be careful what you comment on or admit you admit you saw!
Remember if you post back, everyone else may see what you said, so be careful what and where you post and understand how this works before you post.
Never post guilt messages, subliminal or not!
Don’t post an embarrassing picture, even if you figure out how to post it!
Develop connections with other friends and family…don’t perseverate on your kids
Find stuff that your children don’t know about, maybe an old article about the family or better yet, older family photos of your parents and relatives.
Don’t bombard their feed, roles have changed, you are here to listen and watch
Don’t complain that they don’t post often enough
Become a photo archeologist; dig through old family photos, have them scanned and CONTRIBUTE…but always with taste
Begin to add a little about your day to day activities so they also know you are OK and happy
Warning to grandparents: Be careful what you say and where you say it!
Warning to children and grandchildren: Be careful what you post!
Have you ever noticed that if you call someone almost every day there is always much to talk about. Things like what was made for dinner, or what movie was seen last night. The conversation is easier and although the subjects may seem more trivial, in fact, the communication is actually much more personal. Simply stated, the other person is part of your everyday life.
I need not worry that I am putting trivial information in my profile, since if others don’t choose to have a “kitchen table” relationship, they shouldn’t seek out my profile or read my updates. The choice is theirs!
Parents live through their children and grandchildren. Today’s technology allows the framed pictures on the mantel or piano to come alive as a facebook reality show. No more waiting for the mail to be delivered, or hope that the phone will ring. If your family doesn't pick up the phone often enough, or can't drive and visit you…get connected to them using social media. Follow these simple rules and your visits will be positive for everyone.
Remember, your view is a cross generational privilege:
Top 10 Do's and Don'ts When Connecting With Your Kids On Facebook
Don’t snoop or become a detective, but if you can’t resist, be careful what you comment on or admit you admit you saw!
Remember if you post back, everyone else may see what you said, so be careful what and where you post and understand how this works before you post.
Never post guilt messages, subliminal or not!
Don’t post an embarrassing picture, even if you figure out how to post it!
Develop connections with other friends and family…don’t perseverate on your kids
Find stuff that your children don’t know about, maybe an old article about the family or better yet, older family photos of your parents and relatives.
Don’t bombard their feed, roles have changed, you are here to listen and watch
Don’t complain that they don’t post often enough
Become a photo archeologist; dig through old family photos, have them scanned and CONTRIBUTE…but always with taste
Begin to add a little about your day to day activities so they also know you are OK and happy
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Comment by Paula C Snyder on November 8, 2009 at 12:44am - Very good advice! My daughter is on Facebook (I think we worked it out very well). I have yet to get my mother on Facebook, but at least I am insisting she understand how to use the computer. She is e-mailing her grandchildren & they are keeping in touch better. (The younger generation seems to have little time for visiting & phone calls....boy, how things have changed!)
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