Your kid has not accepted your friend request. Neither he nor his GF have any
privacy settings. Is it unethical to read their posts? Does the answer change if they are both adults,
I can only tell you what I would do if it were my kid…I would read their damn posts! When they become adults then they can get their own privacy but as my children and being in my care it is my right to read whatever the heck I want and grab any info I can get to safeguard them. Don’t feel bad about any of it.
I would totally use it to keep tabs. Like flu said – you’re a parent.
I’ve been telling my kids for years that when they get facebook they MUST friend me… or lose access to their computers. But they’re still minors.
Fortunately, they haven’t started on Facebook yet… so I’ve been able to avoid creating an account myself. I’m hoping Facebook goes out of favor soon – so I can die without every having had a facebook account.
I also kinda doubt that he is going to put anything really juicy/scandalous on Facebook. Hopefully he will not be ‘fessing to drugs, drinking/driving, sex, lying, cheating, crimes etc for everyone to see. You’ll be lucky if you get to see a pic of him at a party or something. Then again, I don’t have very many teen/early 20s FB friends, so who knows.
[quote=6packscaredy]How is it different from reading a diary he leaves on the couch? Wouldn’t that be wrong?[/quote]
Completely different concept..
See… People have a diary, they rarely share it out there in public for others to read….
A facebook account that is out there in public is screaming “read me”…
If your “kid” doesn’t mind posting every minute detail if his and his GF’s life for the public to see, why would should you self-exclude yourself when some pseudo-random person can see the same thing(s)? Since when did being a parent means being less informed than what your kid is willing to share with some random stranger?
