THE PROS AND CONS OF DEALING WITH YOUR PARENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
I was chatting this week with someone about my mum. A fairly common occurrence - I’m a wild one - but in this case it was specifically about my mum on Twitter and how nice it is that she’s supportive of me (and that other kid). I’m quite lucky in that I’ve never thought about it too much; for those people who live with the daily grief of a parent inviting them and their extended social circle to games of Candy Crush I suppose the whole online might be more of a headache.
While I’m still the go-to guy for tech support queries such as backing up an iPhone (answer: it will do what it wants), my mum likes things, uses abbreviations appropriately and quotes tweets and all sorts. After extensive surveying of my own delightful friends I’ve identified some of the leading pros and cons of parental profiles.