Egads, Mom and Dad Are On Facebook! Clicking and Not Clicking With the Facebook Crowd

Three interesting pieces, from perspectives of both parents and children:

Mom's On Facebook. Time to Ramp Up My Security Settings (WinnipegSun.com)

Following My Son Onto Facebook. Why Does He Have So Many More Friends Than I Do?

OMG, My Mom Joined Facebook (New York Times), with lots of interesting comments, including this:

I am a 51 year old male resident in Cape Town with a 14-year-old daughter in Bath, a 24 year old son in Southampton and a 23 year old daughter in Freemantle. Facebook rules. We keep in touch regularly and everyone gets to enjoy the updates. There’s no problem. “Teach your children well”. — Posted by rob

A Student Who Doesn't Click With the Facebook Crowd. Popularity on Campus As Measured By Facebook, by Jennifer DeBarardinis. She has only 161 "friends."

Facebook for Fiftysomethings: I'm unfriendly, solitary, and 30 years older than everyone else on the site, but could social networking work for me anyway? by Emily Yoffe

Sure You Read Me, But Will You Friend Me? By Howard Kurtz in The Washington Post

Teens Say, "It's OUR Facebook!"