How to Befriend Your Parents

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Tip 1 - Your Child Is Not Your Friend | Empowering Parents

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Per - Olof Sverlinger | permalink

It�s natural for your relationship with your child to be marked by love, affection, and esteem. But remember, your child is not your friend or confidante.
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For further reading: http://www.empoweringparents.com/Your-Child-is-not-Your-Friend.php ^[1]

Tip 2 - Rookie » Just Wondering

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Midlodemocrat | permalink

I met a guy through quiz bowl last year and developed a massive crush on him. It never turned into anything, which is fine—the problem is that quiz bowl is starting again soon and I'm still crushing hard. I want…

For further reading: http://www.rookiemag.com/2013/11/just-wondering-28/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - How to Be Friends with Your Parents

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by alvaro linho | permalink

Wouldn't it be nice if everyone got along with their parents better and saw them akin to friends rather than authority figures? These steps will help build a more amicable and less traditional relationship with your mother and father....
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For further reading: http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Friends-with-Your-Parents ^[3]

Tip 4 - 15 Hilarious Examples Why You Should Not Befriend Your Parents on Facebook

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Tiny Dk | permalink

For further reading: http://thumbpress.com/15-hilarious-examples-why-you-should-not-befriend-your-parents-on-facebook/ ^[4]

Tip 5 - Why You Should Never Friend Your Parents On Facebook

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Katharina Kleiss | permalink

if you see your mom or dad's face in your friend requests, look at these hilarious examples to learn why you should never friend your parents on Facebook!

For further reading: http://runt-of-the-web.com/never-friend-parents-facebook ^[5]

Tip 6 - Should parents be friends with their kids?

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by jeanene | permalink

Should parents be friends with their kids? Surely that depends on your definition of friendship.
Tags: parents be friends,authoritative parenting,discipline,friendship

For further reading: http://www.parentingscience.com/parents-be-friends.html ^[6]

Tip 7 - The Horror: Your Parents on Facebook, Befriending You

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Ronald Emmenegger | permalink

The growing popularity of Facebook has an unintended consequences for young people who used to have the social networking website all to themselves: their parents are joining and befriending them!The Facebook group entitled "For the love of god -- don't let parents join Facebook" has 5,819 high school and college-aged members who want to stop the growing number of parents who are joining Facebook, the massively popular social networking site, from "spying" on them. [...]"It's rea...

For further reading: http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/04/the-horror-your-parents-on-facebook-befriending-you/ ^[7]