If you've been wondering why your parents are making your life miserable on Facebook, your wait is over. An online poll confirms what most people considered to be pretty obvious...they're spying on their kids!
The poll is actually kind of hilarious. My favorite is the parents who would like to spy but don't know how. How do you even cop to something so lame? This isn't the CIA! You're not infiltrating a foreign dictatorship here, you're seeing if your daughter was tagged in a photo while passed out drunk, or if your son likes a page called 'Smoking marijuana cause your friends just aren't that funny.' Here's a handy dandy graph showing the results:
Some more poll insight: Fifteen percent of parents polled said they set up their Facebook accounts purely to spy on their children. 100% said they intended to use it to embarrass their children at every given opportunity.
Okay, not really, but I feel certain it's true...am I right Kathryn?
36-percent blamed their snooping on the fact that they are simply over-protective, 14 percent honestly admitted they were just being nosy.100 percent were shocked by what they discovered! SHOCKED, I tell you! Not really, but I'm thinking this woman is upset to see that her daughter has been poked over 45 times. It's okay, lady...it's just virtual poking. FOR NOW...BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
I have to say I'm not really sure if spying on your children will build a trusting parent/child relationship, but I understand spying if they are concerned something is wrong. Like Lia, below, displaying her lack of knowledge on the subject of bong etiquette! I would be so ashamed to find out my child was an ill-mannered stoner!
The most disturbing thing that the poll revealed is that 24-percent of parents admitted that Facebook was the only place they could find out what's going on in their children's lives, while 6-percent found that Facebook allowed them to avoid “awkward conversations” with their kids. I'm pretty sure Facebook leads to more awkward conversations than it avoids.
Hopefully in a few years your parents will be as clueless as the old people using technology in stock photos. Then you can let your Facebook freak flag fly free!
What say you? Are you friends with your parents on Facebook? What's the most embarrassing thing your mom or dad has done to you on Facebook? I'm dying to know! Tell us all about it in the comments!
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