Social media & the curse of being... "old"

So I'll start this post out with a little prefacing... my stepdaughter has had some recent issues with children her age (as well as now, some parents) while I would love to give you the story in its entirety, that's possibly for a different post. Haha. It was brought to my attention during these issues that I'm not acting like an adult. Let me explain...

According to one fellow mother, my having a Twitter & snapchat immediately makes me childish. When did this happen? Just because I'm in my 30's &  just because I'm a mother, this means I now have to go all June Cleaver & keep my mouth shut & my life private? I still cook & clean & do the laundry but I don't need to be full on stereotypical.

It's 2016.... a day in age where we have multiple social media outlets to communicate, post on, speak our mind & our truths. A day in age where we can send pictures &  letters in 5 minutes flat to our aunt across the country. Now, why is it we put an age limit on who can have what certain social outlet...  my grandma has Facebook & The President (in fact the last few) has Twitter.

This is another form of parent shaming. Another form of judgmental behavior. I am mature & I believe in communication. I believe communication can be in any form if it's done correctly. What or who I choose to tweet at shouldn't matter. Standing up for something you believe in should. Sitting back & condoning nasty behavior isn't my cup of tea. So choosing a new fangled way of "scolding" someone, to me, doesn't seem "childish". However, it can be viewed this way by people with more old school ways of thinking.  What's  childish, in my opinion, is sending another parent a nasty text attacking them instead of maturely seeing eye to eye on a particular situation. Maybe allowing someone to see & possibly understand your side instead of flat out attacking & pointing a finger. It's not always about just "defending your own". & that's part of why society is what it is today.

So there you have it. To have a twitter, snapchat, Facebook, Instagram etc doesn't make you any less of an adult or a mother. Some need such forums to forward their businesses. Scolding a young man or lady via one of these outlets doesn't make you immature. Clearly going to the parent doesn't work because the parent just wants to defend theirs. If my child posts something rude or in inappropriate on social media, feel free to say so. It takes a village to raise children right.

XO,
B