Should You "Friend" Your Kids on Facebook?

Facebook "friends" have access to just about anything posted on their friends' pages -- and your friends see everything you write or post, too (you can set up different levels of sharing in your privacy settings, but many people let their friends see everything). Which begs the question: If you have a Facebook page, should you ask your kids to "friend" you so you can see what they're up to?

Unsurprisingly, experts' answers range from "Absolutely not! It's an invasion of privacy" to "As long as they're in my house and I pay the Internet bills, they're friending me." So, what's a parent to do? Read our tips and tell us whether you and your kids are "friends."

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novas 03.29.2012
Parents as "Friends"? Um, unless we parents have the PASSWORD, there IS no Facebook in our house. And a good thing, as I caught one of our kids registering as 21 year old. Sheesh. You can only expect what you 'inspect' - they are kids, after all, not angels.