STUDENT 911
I’m @yourparents...
I am following you on Twitter
H
Poppy Narenti
We are a generation that is excited
by documenting everything we do
on a day-to-day basis; basically we
are obsessed with social media.
varsity before
your parents
come for a
visit.
Through pictures and words we express our feeling about subjects that
affect us. These platforms give us
the opportunity to create our identities in a way we would like. However
our parents have also become interested in the lifestyle we are leading
as social media experts.
Step 2: Accept
Their Friend/
Follow Request
Sorry, but you
just have to if it
is one of those
family Facebook
accounts.
If you ever felt embarrassed when
your mother kisses you in front of
your friends or fixes your hair at the
mall, well our parents have also
become curious and accustomed to
the frenzy of being on social media
and here are some the things they
get up to, just because they can or
because they not that experienced
in our parameter.When the requests
start rolling in: Facebook, Twitter
even Instagram, and then you get
the question “did you get my friend
request? Who are you on Facebook?”
Step 3: Be
Prepared to Defend your
persona. You are not just
a son or daughter, you are a person
with a personality. That
you share online because
one of your chief traits is
narcissism, this is all
obvious but not necessarily to your
parents. Parents wear
nostalgia blinders that
prevent them from seeing
you as anything but their
sweet, darling child. So you
should be prepared to
explain it to them.
The five deadly sins
1. Parents who create Facebook
accounts for the whole family and
extended family
2. When they humiliate you in a
good or bad way
3. Parents who overshare personal
information when commenting on
your status
4. Parents who overshare, like and
comment on statuses
5. Parents who ask about your siblings’ whereabouts on your wall.
To avoid them doing this and invading your space, well the key to
survival is to be smart and follow
these three steps to parent-proofing
the online you.
Step 1: Clean Up Your Act
Do this before you even let your
parents enter your online habitat,
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