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As for my mother? She's 79. She can't even master e-mail or the remote to the TV. Facebook would make her head explode.
So funny! And yes, it describes my mother too. I have left detailed instructions for her on everything from retrieving her cell phone messages to which buttons to press on the remote.
I am FB friends with my two younger college student sons. It's the only way I know what's going on with them most of the time. I never demanded it, they offered, and I am careful not to respond to some of the more questionable things I discover (at least, not online).
I set my 76-year-old mom on Facebook just this weekend. My nephew just got married and people were posting pictures from the rehearsal and the wedding, and the couple were posting pictures of their honeymoon, and she wants to see them. She's friends with my siblings and some cousins and all her grandkids and a few of her other friends who are on FB for the same reason. I'm not worried.
I have them, but I have my privacy settings set so that they can only see my basic profile picture and info. No wall posts, no photos, no status updates...that stuff is for my eyes only
I don't see why not as I believe one can hide posts from certain groups of friends if one wishes to. For me personally I have no problem with having my parents as FB friends (although my father really doesn't use his account) as I don't like keeping secrets in general.
Location: Canada (I've lived in 5 different provinces)
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My mom (in her 70's) is my FB friend and so is my daughter (since she was a teenager). I don't see what the big deal is, I don't post anything they shouldn't see and vice versa.
No way. I share things and pics with friends that my mother doesn't have to know/see. I wouldn't ever add her.
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