I was very obnoxious about it with D2013 (my first to go to college). I posted every acceptance letter and every scholarship offer, artfully positioned on a pretty background, accented by a dramatic filter… I doubled down with dorm room pics when we moved her in…BUT back in 2013 all the parent-friends on my FB feed were doing the same thing.
When those memories pop up on my FB, I couldn’t possibly cringe any harder - yuck!
I didn’t post a thing with D2021 except for when she made her final decision and even then, I didn’t include that she received merit because I felt that it crossed the line between celebrating and bragging.
I’ve noticed in the past 3-4 years that there’s been a huge decline in people on my FB feed sharing not only every acceptance, but also where their child ultimately ends up going to college. For me, I read the room - if hardly anyone on my social media is chronically kid-bragging, then I don’t want to be “that person” - even though I’d love to shout out my kid for being on the Dean’s List every semester - I don’t. I have one or two on my feeds who still share every little accomplishment (several a day, actually), but if it gets to be too annoying, I simply “mute” them for a bit.
This topic is frequently (and hotly) debated on the FB college pages. My takeaway is you do you, but I reserve the right to mute or unfriend if my eyes start to ache from all the rolling back into my head.