My kids' friends are on Twitter...weird? creepy?
My kids (who are teens) think I'm totally lame for being on twitter (like I care). But they tell me they have high school friends on twitter too! And they've told them I'm there also, though not by @name...still, I want to run and hide...takes all the fun out of complaining about those snarky kids if I'm found out!
How would you feel, or have you run into this? It's not like facebook where you have to be a friend to see what is said...no privacy. Even if they don't follow you, they can read what you write! ps. I have no idea who they @are and don't want to!!
How would you feel, or have you run into this? It's not like facebook where you have to be a friend to see what is said...no privacy. Even if they don't follow you, they can read what you write! ps. I have no idea who they @are and don't want to!!
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Permalink Reply by Linda Sellers on -
I'm glad you told me that! I'm FB illiterate...had no idea what a poke was...now I know better!
Angela Moore said:My kids are toddlers, so it would be EXTREMELY odd for them a have a Twitter account. However, my mother did friend me on Facebook. Then she poked me (I had to explain to her that this was online flirting and it she shouldn't do it again). Now THAT was weird.
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Permalink Reply by Keena on -
My daughter follows me on Twitter, and I follow her...she's 12...sometimes its weird but I think it makes her watch what she says and what she's listening to! And I do have to be a little more careful about what I vent about! :) My niece follows me, too...
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Permalink Reply by Sandra Foyt on -
My kids, 9 & 12, set up Twitter accounts over the summer. It was kinda interesting to them for about 2 minutes, especially when my daughter found the Star Wars community. She loved tweeting in character. Not so interesting to tweet otherwise, for her anyway. None of her friends are on Twitter yet.
It'll be interesting to see if Twitter takes off with the Tween to Teen Crowd. I doubt that it will unless there are more ways to import all the cool stuff that you can do on AIM or My Space.
Guess I don't mind if my kids stick to AIM, and leaves me the Twitter Universe.
Just in case, I'll watch what I say on Twitter, but I wouldn't say anything that I wouldn't say to their face anyway. Then, again, there isn't much I wouldn't say to their face. It's my job as a parent to be embarrassing.
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Permalink Reply by Linda Sellers on
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I'm with you on that! I'm formulating plans daily! I do a mean "raise the roof"...drives them crazy!
Sandra Foyt said:My kids, 9 & 12, set up Twitter accounts over the summer. It was kinda interesting to them for about 2 minutes, especially when my daughter found the Star Wars community. She loved tweeting in character. Not so interesting to tweet otherwise, for her anyway. None of her friends are on Twitter yet.
It'll be interesting to see if Twitter takes off with the Tween to Teen Crowd. I doubt that it will unless there are more ways to import all the cool stuff that you can do on AIM or My Space.
Guess I don't mind if my kids stick to AIM, and leaves me the Twitter Universe.
Just in case, I'll watch what I say on Twitter, but I wouldn't say anything that I wouldn't say to their face anyway. Then, again, there isn't much I wouldn't say to their face. It's my job as a parent to be embarrassing.
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Permalink Reply by HIRH on -
I think we should celebrate our children's interest and use of twitter. It's open, yes as parents we dont want our kids knowing all the sorrid details of our life (and they shouldn't know EVERYTHING). Give your kids some credit. They know when you're lying to them about how you feel. They know when you're being a hippocrit.
But if you're harboring resent for your kids/spouse/friends;
either a) they already know because you've told them OR b) this isn't the right venue for your vents (call a friend or a therapist, but they'll prob overhear you on the phone with a friend anyway)
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Permalink Reply by Auds/Barking Mad on -
See this is why I took my Twitter feed off my blog. Occasionally I'll complain about one of my oldest daughter's friends and the last thing I need is for them to see it as most read my blog.
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Permalink Reply by Linda Sellers on
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that's a very good point! I don't think they know I blog, but then you never know!
Auds/Barking Mad said:See this is why I took my Twitter feed off my blog. Occasionally I'll complain about one of my oldest daughter's friends and the last thing I need is for them to see it as most read my blog.
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Permalink Reply by Gilles on -
I would say that is a way of show who you are, leading by example, if teens are on Twitter, that means the feel the need to communicate, and the fact there are Moms & Dads here, should make it safer !
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Permalink Reply by Sheryl Loch on -
I am totally lost as to why having your kids or their friends on Twitter is a problem.
My daughter has her main Twitter (under her name) & also has her 'ghost writers' account. Her friends know I am on Twitter & some of her friends are even my friends on FaceBook. In fact she uses my profile on many social networks to show them how to set up their own. When they need help knowing how to sign up, if it is safe, what should they list, how to get rid of a scum message or follower (or how to report them)... They have her yell for me.
I do not care if they see what I write. I look at it this way - if you do not want people to see it then you had better NEVER write it on paper or on the web.
As for the snarky comments - yes, I make them all the time. Hope the kids don't need therapy! ;)
Sheryl Loch
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Permalink Reply by Linda Sellers on
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Thanks Sheryl,
here's my reasoning...and my kids aren't actually on twitter. it's their friends. it's a privacy issue for me - I don't even talk about my blog to most of my friends - it's just a personal preference. I'm happy they aren't, not only for the fact that I'm whining about them, but for the openness of twitter and the fact that anyone can follow conversations from @person to @person and may figure out too much about my kids...just a chance I don't want to take. just the twittersearch features bring up so much and even mentioning a movie or restaurant and your tweets are seen by anyone. hopefully parents have them protect them. I assume that keeps them out of the search feature, doesn't it? I would hope so!!
I actually don't friend my kids' friends on Facebook either. I have access to their accounts w/ pw's but I leave their friends alone. I have seen parents get into trouble with other parents for "stalking" and "friending" and I want to stay clear of that. again, a personal preference.
even though we seem to work it differently we seem to agree that you need to be involved in your child's social networking! It's not something you leave to chance!
Sheryl Loch said:I am totally lost as to why having your kids or their friends on Twitter is a problem.
My daughter has her main Twitter (under her name) & also has her 'ghost writers' account. Her friends know I am on Twitter & some of her friends are even my friends on FaceBook. In fact she uses my profile on many social networks to show them how to set up their own. When they need help knowing how to sign up, if it is safe, what should they list, how to get rid of a scum message or follower (or how to report them)... They have her yell for me.
I do not care if they see what I write. I look at it this way - if you do not want people to see it then you had better NEVER write it on paper or on the web.
As for the snarky comments - yes, I make them all the time. Hope the kids don't need therapy! ;)
Sheryl Loch
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Permalink Reply by Annette Holland on -
you can lock your account. And actually I have a friend who's daughter started following me, and it's not creepy at all. it helps that she's mature for her age. But just lock your account, then they can't see what you are tweeting about or follow you without your permission.
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Permalink Reply by Linda Sellers on
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do you know if protected tweets will show up under search feeds like twittersearch?
Annette Holland said:you can lock your account. And actually I have a friend who's daughter started following me, and it's not creepy at all. it helps that she's mature for her age. But just lock your account, then they can't see what you are tweeting about or follow you without your permission.
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