The New York Times

By Lisa Belkin

updated 8:50 a.m. CT, Fri., Jan. 2, 2009

This piece was originally printed in The New York Times magazine on Oct. 14, 2008.

I just joined a group called “Moms of Kids Who Are Embarrassed They Have a Facebook.” It was founded just a few days ago, and last I checked it had grown to more than 152 members. Hope Greenberg, an attorney and mother of four on Long Island, created the group when she asked her 12-year-old daughter to “friend” her and the girl pushed back. “Make your own group,” the girl said, so the mother did. She recruited three friends and let the Internet do the rest. Read More