Facebook for Parents

Facebook for Parents Mike Murtha

About me• 20+ years in Information Technology, currently at Hewlett-Packard (HP)• Web developer – Wall Street Journal (wsj.com)• Now a Project Manager of web development teams• Son in high school, daughter in college

Baseline• Age range of kids?• ‘Regular’ phone in the house, or cell only?• PC in the kids’ room? Wireless laptop?• Kids have account on Facebook? MySpace? Twitter? Other? Don’t know?• Parent accounts?

Facebook• Name came from the actual books handed out at college with pictures of incoming freshmen; site started out as a service for college students only – “Friend” your kids – Review your kids’ profile pages – Review who is “friends” with your kids – Select “Info” for your kids – Look for your kids in pictures, ‘tagged’ by others

Terminology• Profile – Info about you, that you enter into Facebook• Wall – Location where you post information to share with others (and if you allow it, others can post info there too)• News Feed – Information posted by your ‘Friends’

Facebook Home Page

Your Facebook Profile

Preview Your & Your Kid’s Profile

Your Facebook Wall

Privacy Settings –for you and your kids

Privacy Settings

Application Settings –Check this on your both your and your kid’s profile!

Adding/Managing Posts

Friends/Lists

Make a Post available to a Friend List

General cautions• Ensure settings are set to Private - nevertheless, personal information is available to anyone you are connected to• “going on vacation” posting could make your home vulnerable while you’re gone• College and professional recruiters absolutely look at online profiles to make hiring/acceptance decisions

General Cautions (cont’d)• “Friends of Friends” – multiply your child’s number of friends by itself – that’s how many people have access• Be careful of photos that could send the wrong message• NOTHING is ever permanently deleted on the web

Tips for talking with your kids about Facebook (source: Common Sense Media)• Encourage kids to be selective about what they share• Use strict privacy settings• Pre-approve tags• Use notification settings• Dont post your location• Set rules about whats appropriate to post• If in doubt, take it out• Watch out for ads• Create your own page• Choose your battles

Things You Should Never Reveal on Facebook (source: Yahoo Finance)• Your full birthdate and place• Vacation Plans• Home Address• Risky Behaviors• Password Clues• Confessionals

Looking under the hood – Beyond Facebook• Web History – Ctrl-H• Internet Explorer – Tools/Internet Options• Cookies – General/Browsing History• Anti-virus software• Email spam filters• “Google” your kids (and yourself!)

Follow-up requests:• “Like” my “Facebook Dad” Facebook page, and “Share” any postings that interest you• Post a link to www.facebookdad.com on your Facebook wall

Thank you!• My facebook: www.facebook.com/mike.murtha• My twitter: www.twitter.com/murthamike www.twitter.com/facebookdad• My blog: www.facebookdad.com• My email: mike.murtha@comcast.net

Facebook for Parents

by mmurtha on Oct 19, 2011

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