ToFriendorNottoFriendWeallloveourparentsandturntothemwhenwe'reinneedbutwouldyoulikethemtoheartheconversationsyouhavewithyourfriendsontheschoolplaygroundorlunchqueue?Socialnetworkingsiteshavebecomee
ToFriendorNottoFriend
Weallloveourparentsandturntothemwhenwe'reinneedbutwouldyoulikethemtoheartheconversationsyouhavewithyourfriendsontheschoolplaygroundorlunchqueue?Socialnetworkingsiteshavebecomeextensionsoftheschoolhallwayssowouldyouaddyourparentsas“friends”andallowthemtoviewyouronlineactivitiesandconversationswithfriends?
Inthepastthegenerationgapincludedatechnologygapwherechildrenwereuptodatewithlatesttechnologyandparentswereleftbehindcontenttocontinuetheirdaytodaylivesastheyalwayshadbecausetheyhadnoneedtoknowmoreabouttechnology.Howevermoreandmoreparentsarebeginningtorealizejusthowimportantsocialnetworksareintheirlives.Thisrealizationhasgivenmanyparentsthemotivationtoeducatethemselvesaboutsocialnetworkingsites.
Thesedaysmanypeopleareattractedtosocialnetworkingsitesbecausetheycanchoosewhotheyhavearoundthem;there'salsoacertainamountofcontroloverprivacythatwedon'tgetinreallife.Sometimeswefeelthatprivacyisviolatedwhenwemustaccepta“friend”requestfromaparentorfamilymember.
It'sadifficultchoicewhetherornottoallowaparenttobecomeapartofouronlinelives.Ontheonehandwedon'twantto“reject”theirrequestbecausethatmighthurttheirfeelingsormakethemfeelyouhavesomethingtohide.Ontheotherhandifyoudoacceptthenyoucouldhaveasenseofbeingwatchedandnolongerfeelfreetocommentorcommunicatethewayyoudidbefore.
Arecentsurveysuggestedthatparentsshouldn'ttakeitpersonallyiftheirchildignorestheirrequest:“Whenateenignoresaparent'sfriendrequestitdoesn'tnecessarilymeanthattheyarehidingsomethingbutitcouldmeanthatthisisonepartoftheirlifewheretheywanttobeindependent.”
Perhapstalkingwithparentsandgivingexplanationswouldhelpsoftentheblowifyoudochoosenottoaddthemtoyourfriendslist.
【小题1】FromParagraph2welearnthat________.
A.parentsfeelsecureabouttheirprivacyonlineB.socialnetworkssuccessfullyfillthegenerationgapC.parentshaverealizedtheimportanceofsocialnetworksD.social