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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Admittedly, my kids are young and college is a ways away but I also find these sm posts so over the top. I’ve even seen parents post about their kids getting jobs after graduating.

It all comes off as very desperate for attention and I get second hand embarrassment. I assume it’s mostly for other parents they feel they are competing with? [/quote]

I like to believe some people are still naively using social media like it was 2008. It’s certainly true of my parents peer group.

I stopped posting about my kid a long time ago, but I understand why others still post. I’m ridiculously proud of every milestone and want to shout it from the rooftops. It’s such a pure, joyful emotion, it’s hard to keep bottled.

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I’m old. I only joined Instagram because back in the olden days texting photos cost $$$ and my dad wanted to follow my kids on a sports trip abroad. I knew nothing about social media, never used (or wanted Facebook). I’m 55 for context.

I only had close family members as followers and we all shared what our kids were doing since we live in different states. I am thrilked to see news of my cousins’ kids and my nephews. There is no competition. Aunts/uncles and grandparents all are involved.

In the early days I had a lot of requests from friends to follow me, I let some in before I really knew what I was doing. What you can post to family is very different than neighbors/school people, etc. With family and close friends posting an accomplishment isn’t bragging—but it’s taken wildly different by people not in that circle.

I deny “follow requests” all of the time for this reason and some think I’m rude or being exclusionary. My account is personal, not meant for broad consumption.

I never posted “hey my kids are straight A students” or anything like that and I never announced their college commits—my family directly asked.

Now that my kids are older I rarely post anything. But, I wanted to point out if you keep your social media very small to your loved ones and closest friends it’s not bragging. I thrill in the success of my college friends’ kids successes and my relatives. I  over the moon for them. [/quote]

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