I read a blog entitled "An Admission". This is so true!! Our children today are "sharing" their families personal "stuff" with all their friends on the internet, examples such as Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter. Children who tell personal news sometimes tell too much. Parents should have complete control of what the kids are telling. When phones are used, we as parents, have a better chance of listening to their conversations.
The article asked the question, "What is a friend?" Parents and children have different definitions of this word. What if a "friend" disowns you and they use this information against you and the family?
I agree with the writer about this helping them get closer to their students. Alot of time, we get to know their families and homelife. Sometimes this is a good thing and sometimes a bad thing.
We,as educators, can get too "close". Yes, it helps us on why this child is not learning, or having a bad day, but sometimes it is best not to know.
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I sympathize with people who want to share personal hardships as an outlet for their frustrations, but such a public outlet is scary. As you said, it only takes one incident to have a lot of embarrassing information shared where you never wanted it to go. One of my ex-friends has MS and writes about that in a blog. I've never visited because I didn't want to know about that part of his life. Some things are too personal and they should stay that way. Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but that same ex-friend works with computer security and told some tales about cyberstalking at his work. To me, the less that's out there, the better!
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