How Facebook Ruins Friendships

Notice to my friends: I love you all dearly.

But I don't give a hoot that you are "having a busy Monday," your child "took 30 minutes to brush his teeth," your dog "just ate an ant trap" or you want to "save the piglets." And I really, really don't care which Addams Family member you most resemble. (I could have told you the answer before you took the quiz on Facebook.)

Here's where you and I went wrong: We took our friendship online. First we began communicating more by email than by phone. Then we switched to "instant messaging" or "texting." We "friended" each other on Facebook, and began communicating by "tweeting" our thoughts—in 140 characters or less—via Twitter.

http://sbk.online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204660604574370450465849142.html

Keeping my face off of Facebook has my girls all a Twitter

Erin Manning

Social networking sites may not offer children the type of "socialisation" the experts call for.

“Mom, can we check our email?”
I get that question quite a bit these days. With three daughters, one an actual teen, and the other two hovering on the brink of their teenage years, I probably should have seen this coming.

http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/keeping_my_face_off_of_facebook_has_my_girls_all_a_twitter/