How much do you online stalk your college kid

[Anonymous]

I'm having a hard time not checking her Facebook and then checking out her new friends.

[Anonymous]

Get a hold of yourself. Checking out her new friends? For what, exactly? And what happens if they don't pass muster?

[Anonymous]

I confess. I do it too. Our son has a lot of friends who are girls, however, and he's gotten so tired of me asking "Is she your girlfriend?" But I understand all the good stuff happens on the instragrams, twitters, vines, etc. that we don't have access to.

[Anonymous]

When she left for college, I asked DD to unfriend me and other family members outside her generation. But I do make her call me weekly and she texts me several times a week (many times just a few words or a picture). Miss that girl!

[Anonymous]

I don't have a FB account, so I don't cyber-stalk my DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm having a hard time not checking her Facebook and then checking out her new friends.

College kids don't use Facebook, or if they do they post a very sanitized version of their lives in case any parents are stalking them. The real nudie/drunken pictures are posted elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

I don't stalk her at all. For what?

[Anonymous]

I never stalked my kid either. You sound really sad OP.

[Anonymous]

I don't think it's sad or stalking. Just a quick view on what their world looks like now that they're away from home.

DD rarely uses Facebook anymore, which is likely why we're still friends on it, along with a number of relatives. I wouldn't ask to follow her on Twitter or Instagram. She will be in college next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm having a hard time not checking her Facebook and then checking out her new friends.

College kids don't use Facebook, or if they do they post a very sanitized version of their lives in case any parents are stalking them. The real nudie/drunken pictures are posted elsewhere.

+1 to this. My DS's Facebook page is boring. The good stuff he posts to Instagram, SnapChat or Twitter. I usually only see it when our younger daughter (who follows DS) shows us something. Honestly, sometimes it's better not to know...

[Anonymous]

Yes, not finding good stuff on FB!

[Anonymous]

My kid posts nothing but every weekend she is included in pix posted by others.

[Anonymous]

I check her friend's pages also.

[Anonymous]

I don't stalk my college kids' facebook pages. But I am "friends" with them, so I see their status updates. Every once in a while I'll post something to their walls. No different than the way I interact with my sisters or other family members.

[Anonymous]

Curiosity definitely gets me but I refrain from doing so. I want to respect her privacy and know how pictures can be misleading, as long as she connects with me via text once a day or so and is happy and safe, that is enough for me!