Mom and Dad Are Spying On You, Right In Front Of Your Face [Facebook Study]
A recent study has revealed that parents are taking to Facebook for an all too obvious reason, to spy on the activities of their children. The study found that 55% of parents surveyed said they joined Facebook so they could keep tabs on their children’s activies, while an additional 5% said they would join the network for the same reason, but only if they could figure out how to make Facebook work.
Of those parents surveyed 11% said they joined only for the purpose of spying on their kids’ activities, while 13% spy on their children by checking out the feeds of their friends accounts.
The study, conducted by LaptopMag also found that 36% of parents blame their spying on being “overprotective” while 24% said it was the only way to figure out what their kids were doing in their spare time.
14% of parents on the other hand say they are just “nosey” while 6% of Facebook parents say the site helps them skirt “awkward” conversations.
What do you think about Facebook parent spying?
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Jul 18, 2011
spying? seriously? where was the option called "parenting?"
Jul 18, 2011
Parenting is spying
Notice I never explicitly said it was wrong, but it's a big reason for parents use on Facebook. Kids are getting smarter about it though, they just hide certain photos and messages from their parents while posting, which is even more dangerous for parents who now think their kids are perfect little angels via Facebook 
Jul 19, 2011
google+ circles completely circumvents the problem for kids
though they're not allowed on. i had actually written a much longer comment about how essential it is for parents to have open communication with their kids, and how critical it is for kids' online behaviour to be modelled and supervised. but you know what i mean :O)