Don't go on and engage in surveillance. That makes things really hard for kids to engage with you as a parent. |
I generally think students have these pages to express themselves and interests, but not necessarily what their actual reality is... they might talk about drinking a lot, but don't actually drink. Youth are trying on different faces to see how others react to them. |
If you do it in peer-level approach, rather than a condescending control approach, you'll have much more success. |
If you have a 50-year-old man connecting to a bunch of 15-year-old girls, that's something you can look at. |
There's something new going on in this networking technology, and it's really fantastic. |
You don't want to create controlling situations, because what these kids are trying to do is create a space outside of parental control. |