<p>All of you on facebook might want to check out the new group for 2012 parents.
Search groups for “USAFA Class of 2012 Parents” and you will find us. There are not many of us that have joined yet but the group just started a few days before PW.
If you are not on facebook you should check it out. I have found that it is the best way to stay in communication with my cadet. She is on facebook a lot and I can chat with her most evenings.</p>
<p>jus wen u thought u were safe kids...</p>
<p>I'm signing up. Now, there will either be a mad rush to quit facebook, or so many people will be trying to join,the site will go down for a month! ;)</p>
<p>Mateus, you have no idea...</p>
<p>Buckaroo & Mateus, we parents are everywhere and know everything. We are watching you even when you don't know it. Mwa ha ha (that's supposed to be an evil laugh, I think).
We love you!</p>
<p>Wow, so now there are 2012 parents on Famnet, Yahoo, CC, USAFAcommunity and now facebook? How will you ever coordinate all those sites?</p>
<p>my parents can barely use email, yes!!</p>
<p>You're right twintxmom! My kids were shocked at the things I knew when I saw them last weekend. What, did they think things would change just because they are not sleeping under my little roof? No way! I'll echo your evil laugh: mwhahahahahahhahahahahahaha</p>
<p>I knew more about the cadets in my son's wing than he did. It's sad. I should get back to my own life.....</p>
<p>Minding my own business is so...well, boring! Snooping into my cadet's life and her twin's life is much more exciting! And it really annoys them which is a real plus for me!</p>
<p>facebook.com/privacy</p>
<p>Use it well kids.</p>
<p>There are already so many very helpful AFA related sites for parents...it is time-consuming to keep up with them all, and the information/advice/ discussions often overlap/repeat from one to the other, so I personally do not feel the need for another one. At times it is just information overload! If another new parent group is helpful to others, though, that's great. As far as the Facebook network, I think my adult child now living away from home deserves some privacy and trust, and I don't need to, nor should I, try to find out about every detail of his life and relationships (He is doing a great job of communicating with us through modes other than social networking sites). My younger child, a teenager here at home, however, should still expect to be monitored on these types of sites. We all have to decide when it is appropriate to let go a little bit, and I fully realize that may vary from family to family. We need to make sure our cadets are comfortable with the level of involvement we so earnestly desire.</p>
<p>wildcat10,
for the most part I am totally kidding. i am interested in my adult children's lives, but I do respect their privacy. i have traded a job as a full time mom for an "empty nest". both my girls left within 24 hours of each other. i have a little extra time on my hands right now. i don't think that either of my girls would tell you that i'm too intrusive, however, i have no doubt that they would tell me to back off in a heart beat, if needed. So, for now, I will be quite happy to follow along with my kids and their friends and the other sites that keep me informed.</p>
<p>Mine would certainly tell me if I had intruded where I wasn't wanted. Snooping? No, I don't have to snoop. If they put it up on facebook, it's fair game for anybody. I don't read their snail- or email, but the social networking sites are pretty public. As a family, we felt that anything on a computer which is in the middle of the family room is outside the normal bounds of "privacy." If I got so close it bothers them, they'll let me know.</p>
<p>Since webguy left us, there is a lack of continuity and information imho. If you don't need it, don't join it.</p>
<p>I agree CadetK; I wish webguy was still there with those pictures. However, I am getting a lot more done without him.</p>