talon | Communicative Punishment

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/05/04/parents.facebook/index.html?hpt=Sbin

"(Forty-seven percent "talk with their kids" as punishment -- it's unclear whether the talking itself is the punishment, or if that's just to communicate the punishment.)"

I got such a kick out of this quote! How many kids think the talk is the punishment and how many parents think the talk is the prelude to the punishment?

The rest of the article is OK. My kids were all adults by the time social networking came along, so yeah, we're all "friended" on whatever networks we have in common.