Two interesting stats from a recent study about the Facebook behaviours of Moms and their kids.
9 In 10 Moms Are Facebook Friends With Their Kids
This percentage is significantly higher than what we’ve seen in a Kaplan survey of teens, about 65 percent of whom said they are Facebook friends with their parents.
We wonder whether the moms have a more idealized view of things, but it’s possible that some of these mothers might have separate, made-up aliases for befriending their kids on Facebook.
Meanwhile, other findings from the email survey of 1,146 mothers by The Parenting Group are:
- 33 percent of mothers allowed their children to create Facebook pages by age 12, despite the age limit of 13 set by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and the social network’s own rules.
- 73 percent of moms who aren’t Facebook friends with their kids monitor their Facebook usage by accessing their pages as someone else.
- 77 percent of mothers are friends with their kids’ friends.
- 87 percent limit social media use by their children.
- 52 percent limit their kids to one hour per day on Facebook.
- 30 percent only allow social media use after homework is done.
- 20 percent only allow Facebook access when an adult is present.
The Parenting Group Vice President and Group Publisher Mark Wildman said:
We know that the smartphone is the modern mom’s lifeline, and that Facebook is her communication pipeline, but how and when she introduces her children to both worlds is still uncharted territory for most parents. Moms may be handing over their smartphones to kids on a regular basis, but social media is still an area where parents are putting up a lot of protective barriers to restrict what kids can do. To help families navigate this new world, we’ll explore digital family culture and milestones in every issue of Parenting, and will also be conducting ongoing research to learn how modern family dynamics adapt to new technologies as they emerge.
Speaking of smartphones, the survey also found that:
- 40 percent of moms allow their children to play games on their smartphones on a daily basis.
- 35 percent said their kids use their smartphones for one hour or more daily.
- Mothers average 11 downloaded apps on their devices, with four of them for their children.”
46% of Moms Don’t Let Their Children See Their Full Facebook Profile [STUDY]
“The oft-discussed dilemma of whether to share your Facebook profile with your momoften overlooks an important factor: Does she want to share hers with you?
A recent study suggests that about half of the time, the answer is no — at least not the whole profile.
The survey, which was conducted by the publisher of publisher of Parenting and Babytalk magazines, found that 46% of mothers who responded don’t give their children full access to their profiles.
This reluctance to overshare doesn’t necessarily stop them from friending their children, or even their children’s friends. A staggering 90% of respondents said that they are friends with their children on Facebook, and 77% said they are also friends with their children’s friends on the social network.
It might be less than scientific study — the data was collected from 1,146 participants via an email blast — but it does hint that the younger half of the mother-child relationship isn’t the only one that can be protective of its social media activity.
If your mother doesn’t let you see her whole page, don’t take it personally; she’s in good company. If you’re really curious, however, you might borrow an idea from the 73% of study respondents who said they were not friends with their children on Facebook, but viewed their profiles through somebody else’s account.”
Pot meet Kettle. Kettle meet Pot.
My kids are older but I’m still Facebook friends with them and I don’t think they limit my views. The same with my neices, nephews, and godchildren.
On the other hand, they often comment that my social media activities are too huge and that I have too many feriends so they don’t ‘like’ things on my page cuz it fills up their inbox. LMAO.
Stephen
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