I LOVE the internet. I honestly can't imagine my life without it. I see keeping pace with my kids and technology as an enjoyable pastime, rather than yet another parenting task. Honestly, my day would not be complete without a good cup of coffee, Facebook, Twitter, and blogs.
Now that I have that established, here's an aside...
My five year old: "Click on that one!! Click 'add me'!!"
His sister's seven year old friend: "No!!! He's already one of my friends!"
Really?
friend (frend) noun
Why do we call social media contacts (who we've never met in real life) "friends"? Why couldn't we call them "contacts"? You can still have social on-line interactions with "contacts", and there would be no terminology confusion.
Friend = Janey, known since preschool, taken swimming lessons together, been to all of eachother's birthdays for the past four years, wrote eachother's names a thousand times on "BFF" lists, wore matching clothes to school, swapped hair ties (to name only a few things)
NOT
Friend = strangerwhoyouknownothingabout123
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Monday, March 15, 2010
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Totally agree. Before social media my dad use to tell me you don't call everyone you know a friend. an acquaintance maybe but friend is not a term thrown around lightly
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