Virtual separation: why children do not want to be “friends” with their parents on social networks

Many parents who have mastered the Internet and social networks sooner or later begin to “make friends” on the Internet and with their children. That the latter is very embarrassing. Why?

A third of teenagers say they would like to remove their parents from friends on social networks*. It would seem that the Internet is a platform where different generations can communicate more freely. But the “children” still jealously protect their territory from the “fathers”. Most of all, young people are embarrassed when their parents …

* Survey conducted by British internet company Three, see more at three.co.uk

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