Do you agree that parents are not welcome as Facebook friends

Depends on the person. Depends on their relationship with their parents. Depends on what kind of things they are posting on Facebook.

Hi, ronaldinu! My kids have requested me to be their Facebook friend! I hate Facebook, frankly, but I love them, so I check in once in a great while...

I know in MY life and that of many of my friends thats totally NOT the case...Not only do my kids have me on their friends list but THEIR FRIENDS add me as well LOL..and many of my friends kids (what I consider my nieces and nephews) have their mum's and/or dads on their lists as well as me and other aunts and uncles etc.... I guess it all depends on the relationship between the parent and child (be it child child or adult child ya know)....

ronaldinu hi yes I imagine that parents are not welcome as Facebook friends as if the kids are up to something that they feel parents would not approve they sure would not want them snooping. I sometimes think maybe by 24 years of age, shove them out the door like mama birds do the young ones who have learned to fly, and say good riddance. sorry but I am still smarting from the depressing discussions here saying that many of the older users discussions are horrid, and boring and not worth any thing.For one thing some are coming really close to flaming in some of their language. I understand that to many young people anyone over 40 is over the hill and so stupid and old fashioned but to make so many discussions about this is to me stupid, and very unkind.

I agree with one of the respondents that it entirely depends on what kind of relationship mom and kid has. In my case almost my entire clan of relatives are on Facebook, and all of them are my friends. It becomes a bit tricky though when friends post pictures of us going crazy, it always made me worried that my family and relatives might see! But Facebook has a good privacy setting option and I've kept my family and relatives from seeing tagged pictures of me. It's a good thing they aren't that techy and haven't noticed that I've screened them off!

Hi ronaldinu, My mom is actually my friend on facebook, and I'm cool with that ;) At first, I find it awkward, but then again, she's still my mom and I'm close to her and I want her knowing what's happening in my life. I'm just careful on what I post though ;)

That's interesting. I wasn't aware that young people didn't want their parents as friends on Facebook. One of my children invited me to join Facebook and my other children sent me a friend's request. Even my grandchildren asked me to be their friend. Also, all of my close friends who are Facebook are on their children's friends list. As a matter of fact, the whole lot of us are friends, just like one big happy family. So, I neither agree nor disagree. I can only speak from my own experience.

I am the grandmother of two girls on Facebook, both have their mother and I as friends on FB, the oldest one added us both, the youngest one it is to protect her as she had no idea, of the problems that can be caused by her just writing some things on there and people taking it the wrong way. But now that we are on there, with her, she is delighted for us to be on there with her. She sends me all kinds of things for my farmville and cafe. I think some kids don't want their parents to see, what they are saying to others, and I guess it would seem like if mom was on there, that they was spying on them. But the bond between my grand daughters and their mother and I is very strong. We each make comments when we see something we don't think apporiate, or when maybe they should of not said what they did, and correct them and it doesn't cause any trouble, but I think there has to be that bond between them that they feel comfortable with, they have nothing to hide. I love being on there with them, especially when they send messages for all to see that says, lovvvv you granny or Mom. I guess it depends on that bond between someone and their child as to whether they want them on as friends or not.

my mum and stepdad are my friends on facebook. I don't have a problem with that. I'm a grown woman and they know it. vice versa.

IT's normal, to most children.. For it's really concerning privacy, while parents are just worried about their kids out there.. Both have got their own points to prove why they need to be there and why not.. haha =D NO matter how close the child is to the parent, there will be times they wanna have secrets to themselves too.. And some things shared with frenz, are really not meant for parents.. Just like complains about parents, we do complain straight to them, but they refused to listen, and thus it's time to turn to frenz right?? haha =D And as parents in FB, what can they do?? WIll they learn?? hehe

Yes it is depend on the person.. that he/she want to involve his/her patents or not in their Facebook group.. if i say about me.. then i don't like to add my parents to in my Facebook friend list.. because there are many friends of mine who may commented on my photos and other status..which is not seems good.. and it is not good for me.. if my parents checked it.. if they are added en my profile...lol... so here are many others major thing.... which are in my minds.. so i think.. i can't add my parents in my Facebook profile.. have a nice day and keep mylotting always....

I do agree. I also dont understand why a parent would want to do that to their child. I have a great relationship with my kids, we talk alot and I know what is going on in their lives. However if I even attempted to join my 18 year old on facebook I would be denied. I am their parent and no matter how good the relationship, there is no way we will ever be that kind of friends, we aren't supposed to be and I for one, don't want to be.

Looking at it from the youngster's point of view, i want to move freely, be the young in me without the feeling of being checked . Although mothers trusts their kids, they tend to be very protective of them and of their reputation. So long as the youngster is in his/her right age already who knows the basic dos and donts, i think we give them more room to be the young at heart.

i dont know about your colleague but not accepting his mother is such not a right thing to do. Privacy? i dont think so. that's his mother. well, probably he's doing something crazy that he doesnt even to add his mother as a friend. Facebook is for everyone. no matter how old or young you are.

Hmm...someone's researched it? I've added my dad, sister and quite a few cousins as friends on Facebook. My life's always been an open book to my family..especially my immediate family and it remains that way. Though I don't always tell my parents everything I do, I don't do anything that I think would embarass them if they came to know about it. So, I have no problems there. And even if I did do something that I didn't want them to do...I'd do that privately and not where all my friends or anyone else would see. So, adding my family as friends on Facebook would not be an issue at all.

I wouldn't want my mother as a friend on Facebook at all. I have my brother and sister-in-law as friends but I rarely see them or speak with them now as there is a family rift. I'd rather keep my privacy

Yes i agree to this topic because when then in the house the parents will be asking who is this friend and that friend.Facebook is having the privacy feature so that you can view a persons account unless he/she has accepted you as a friend.Then through the mom her relatives will add friend requests and try to access the account.We are always at home in front of our parents.We can speak to them whenever we want.They should not come in the virtual world also after us.

I know there are a lot of people who do not like to have their parents on their facebook or myspace or other social sites because they are afraid they will make them look bad or embarrass them,especially when they have things on their sites that they were hide from their family,me and my wife have both a myspace and a facebook and I would not feel embarrassed to add my parents to my myspace or facebook,and I have a couple of my cousins on my myspace already,and I do not think people should be embarrassed by their parents since they are the ones who brought you into the world and they are the ones who took care of you,and loved you no matter what happened or what you did.

If the child is under 18, I think the parents have the right to insist upon being facebook friends. After that, I suppose it would be up to the individual. Personally, I think that if you are sharing things that would embarrass you to share with your parents, then maybe you shouldn't be sharing them with other ppl either. But I believe that a parent should try to stay out of most of the conversations involving their friends just to set some boundaries (just like in real life). I imagine that over-bearing parents would really be unwelcomed.

I don't think that there is anything at all wrong with being friends with your parents on Facebook. When my mother recently got her facebook account for the first time, the first three people that became her friends were my brother, my sister and myself and none of us thought twice about allowing her to be our friends. I don't think that it is a breech of privacy at all. Of course, none of us have anything to hide anyway.