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recent posts
- Rightsizing: Why can’t we clean out the stuff we no longer need?
- The Gift Gaffe: Tips on giving presents to our loved ones (and others).
- Empty Nest: Sighs, thoughts and fears on the college drop off
- Bank of Mom and Dad: When is a loan a gift or vice versa
- Right-sizing Tips: DIY decluttering so your kids won’t have to do it.
© Penelope Lemov and Parenting Grown Children, 2025. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given.
Category: social media etiquette
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There’s a digital side to an estate plan: We should leave behind for our grown children the passwords for our smartphone, laptop and online accounts.
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Before we get down on our kids and Grands about their cell phone manners, a Pew survey gives us some perspective.
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To keep an argument with your grown kids under control, think before you speak–and before you let those thumbs loose on a keypad.
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When it comes to opening up multiple lines of communication with our grown-up offspring, recent research shows we’re keeping up. No Luddites us.
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Can we improve the ways and means of communicating with our kids? Research suggests social media tools are the key to our reaching their hearts and minds.
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Living abroad with his family, our son is using social media to keep us–and everyone else he knows–in touch with the 3-month adventure. It’s not personal but it will have to do.
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When our grand kids visit us, it’s okay to set limits on screen time–but we better have a plan.
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With land lines fading fast, cell phones are changing the way we keep in touch when our grown kids add a significant other to the family.
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There’s good reason to tame the instinct to comment on a grown child’s Facebook page.
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You can visit your grown child’s FB page but hold off on the personal commentary.
