Social media provides an unprecedented opportunity for parents to peek into the lives of their teens. Your teens will do better with this scenario if they know in advance that you will be monitoring their online adventures
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Social media has significant potential for marketing, but it can also be used as a means of keeping tabs on your extended family members.
Today families are linking together in social media for the purpose of keeping in touch with a cyber focal point. The results are an unusual bit of family connection in an online environment.
Interestingly some parents are getting MySpace or FaceBook accounts to keep track of their teens and those they hang out with in a behind-the-scenes way.