When a child doesn't use social media responsibly

Massmomm
Wed, 07 Jun 2017 18:21:19 +0000

I agree with @apresski’s take. It is much more helpful to acknowledge that your kid will be on social media and help them develop wise behavior around it, rather than censoring it and being completely shut out. It’s better to have the channels of communication open. We’ve been FB friends with our kids as soon as they were old enough to open accounts (and yes, we were strict about making them wait until 13).

What’s really amusing is when the grandparents also friend them. My mother has no clue that FB walls are not the way to privately message people, so she publicly excoriated my D for using bad language a couple of years ago, much to the enjoyment of her peers.