Facebook is a great way to stay connected with friends. But the “People You May Know” feature no longer includes just my classmates.

 

It now contains the names and pictures   of my friends’ parents, my teachers and, of all people, my own parents.

 

It’s a bit ridiculous.

               

Facebook was originally targeted to students, but the times-they-are-a-changing.

               

Now I’m stuck in silly dilemmas, such as deciding whether to accept my dads’ “Friend Request” to be my “friend.”

               

The truth is that few of these adults know how to use Facebook.

               

Just last month, I found my mom staring into her laptop, looking puzzled.

               

“How do I send an inbox message?” she asked me.

 

Oh no, she had made a Facebook account.

 

Even with my help, it still took 20 minutes for her to send a three-sentence message to my cousin.

Oh Mom.

 

Then there are the 40-something co-workers who are confused about Facebook.

 

One needed my assistance to add photos to his page. Another said her friends had helped her make an account, but, she had no idea what was going on with her page.

“I have all these friends,” she said frantically, “But I don’t know who they are or how they got there.”

 

And then there are the adults who are just way too into the “Facebook scene.”

 

One friend complains her mother is always on Facebook and trying to talk to her friends. On top of it all, she posts embarrassing family photos and “tags” her in all of them.

 

Maybe it’s because our generation is too “Internet savvy.” Or maybe it’s because Facebook just

isn’t for adults.

 

For the record I added my dad, simply putting him under the friends list “adults” along with everyone else’s parents. There, he will be blocked from a few things like certain photo albums.

 

Not that I have anything to hide but there should be some privacy between children and their parents.