<p>Friends with younger S, but he figured out how to block me from almost everything. I send him fb messages but don’t comment on his wall. Older son will not fb friend me. </p>
<p>I signed up for fb maybe 8 years ago, when it was all new and strange and unfamiliar. After completing the signup process I must have checked the wrong box and it automatically started sending out friend requests to every email in my address book that had a fb account which included many of my HS sons’ girl classmates because I had previously emailed pictures of sporting events to them. I immediately cancelled/closed the fb account and I was so mortified it took me 5 years to sign up again.</p>
<p>Like others I made my being their FB friend a requisite to my kids getting onto FB. However, I don’t post or like stuff on their wall. I do chat with my D on FB which gives me another way of communicating with her.</p>
<p>May become moot pretty soon. I attended an internet safety seminar given by an FBI agent and he says a lot of the kids are moving over to tumblr because of all the parents on FB! :)</p>
<p>I am friends with my parents and I even set up both of their fb accounts. There is nothing in my life that I hide from my parents. My dad often chimes in on conversation and is friends with several of my friends (heck, a lot of my friends strike up conversations with him!).</p>
<p>ETA: I am also friends with my boyfriend’s parents and quite a few other friends’ parents. I’m still friends with a lot of my ex’s family (sisters, aunts, uncles, mother, cousins) and they talk to me quite frequently on there (they even comment on stuff about me and my new boy haha).</p>
<p>Yes, all of my 4 kids have me , mom ,as their friend . My 31 year old son is on the west coast , so I can find out a lot about his life by reading his wall . I rarely comment on anything .</p>
<p>H and I have been friends with D for the last three years. She is friends with her teachers, professors, my friends—a broad circle of people. Since she is 26, she knows by now what sort of information she can and can’t share on the internet. We find it a great way to keep each other up to date on performances, invitations to events, favorite new music, and funny little bits of information that don’t warrant a phone call or an email, but you still want to share. The allure of Twitter, however, escapes us. Who cares that you are eating tacos RIGHT NOW?</p>
<p>Teens seem to very much dislike their parents to be participate in their fb activities. In our small town, many parents are friends with their kids and from time to time post things, comment things that their kids post. Most kids seem to be okay with it. Yet, my D. came back from a camp last summer and clearly stated that she didn’t want me to get involved with her fb stuff, even though she friended me. (yeah it’s a verb, lol) I’m sure she blocked a lot of things so I couldn’t see much. I wish they could be like some of the people in their 20s (like musica’s daughter) who is mature enough to think it’s okay to be a real friend with parents. I hope it will come. Sometimes she forgot to log out, and I did get a glimpse of something on her fb. Apparently all her “cool” friends don’t want to have anything to do with their parents. So I figured I’d better leave her alone, so she wouldn’t feel embarrassed, and her friends wouldn’t feel uncomfortable because there’s a parent watching, right?</p>
<p>19 yr old - No
16 yr old - Yes, but I am not “allowed” to post on his wall. </p>
<p>As a rule, because I work with children/teens, I do not “friend” anyone under 18, except relatives. I hate to be so paranoid, but its the age we live in.</p>
<p>My Facebook has close family and friends and a few “old students” who friend me after they are out in the world. My son and my dil are part of that mix and have been for awhile. A few of their friends are part of my group as well; but they asked to friend me. I find FB is a great tool to keep in touch with pictures etc. My twitter account is mainly professional. We exchange ideas and links.</p>
<p>yes but I am on limited. I sometimes comment but am careful. funny my daughter thinks its ok to say anything on mine. double standard. I never friend request their friends, but have been requested by them. I laugh as my daughters think I am soooo interested but actually there are some things I would rather not know LOL</p>
I wish I could be as cool as you, downtoearth. but the fact is I wish to know more about my teen daughter, she tries to hide things from me. Yet she is better compared to her peers in that regard - by my standard, that is. Her friends, esp. I found her guy friends, keep their family out of their social life as much as they can. Maybe it’s because she is younger than her classmates and 99% of her friends. At this age, 2-4 years could mean a lot. That’s why I really want to find more from her fb. But it’s not easy. They are experts on these things.</p>
<p>The agreement w D1 was she would be my ‘friend’ once she went to college, so we could keep up. I agree not to comment or post on her wall. Only exception has been 1-2 cute animal links that she has liked. (of course she posts on mine!). I also friended the other girls from my Girl Scout troop (now freshman) and they all accepted. (Interesting to see which ones have pics that will need to be cleaned up when they start looking for jobs…red cups, suggestive poses, etc)</p>
<p>HS freshman son will not accept request and even un-friended his sister after she made snarky comments on his wall. </p>
<p>I find it a good way to instant message or communicate w D1, as teens don’t check email that often (smart phones are changing this) and sometimes a text msg is too short.</p>
<p>I gave my kids the choice of whether or not to friend me. Older D did from the beginning. Younger D did not. Then one day, I got a friend request from Younger D. I sent a FB message to her immediately asking whether her friends had hacked into her account and friended me without her knowledge as a joke. Nope, she wanted to be my friend.</p>
<p>I like to see the photos. I rarely comment.</p>
but the fact is I wish to know more about my teen daughter, she tries to hide things from me. Yet she is better compared to her peers in that regard - by my standard, that is. 
Her friends, esp. I found her guy friends, keep their family out of their social life as much as they can. Maybe it’s because she is younger than her classmates and 99% of her friends. At this age, 2-4 years could mean a lot. That’s why I really want to find more from her fb. But it’s not easy. They are experts on these things.</p>