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Dear Amy: My teenage daughter and her cousins have a 40-year-old aunt who has a Facebook page.
This aunt routinely posts baby pictures of the kids, and frequently comments on their pages, writing on their "walls" and interjecting into their communication with their peers.
Not only are the kids embarrassed by the pictures, they also do not like their aunt being a part of their social network via the Internet.
While one niece has blocked this aunt and another has refused to "friend" her, my daughter is too intimidated to block her aunt.
How should these children respectfully get their aunt to stop checking on them via Facebook, short of blocking her?
Talking with her is futile; she already knows her nieces and nephews are offended by her comments and postings, and this has not stopped her.
What do you think?
Too Old for Facebook
Dear Too Old: There are plenty of middle-age people capable of navigating Facebook. If this aunt wants to play with the kids, she's going to have to suffer the slings and arrows of adolescence along with them.
They've tried to be respectful, and she has not complied. They should refuse to "friend" her, or should block her. Blocking is not impolite; it's neutral.
If the aunt in question wants to find out why she has been blocked, she can ask.
Though I do feel that the teens involved should be able to tolerate a small amount of virtual cheek-pinching, the adult should think about how she would feel if someone posted her baby pictures without her permission.
The young family members might be able to handle this telling her that they're blocking her from Facebook -- but saying that they look forward to letting her torture them in person over the holidays.
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Dear Amy: My wife and I are senior citizens and enjoy our access to the Internet.
A member of my wife's social club constantly pelts us (and others) with e-mail, usually forwarded from unknown sources. Lately she has been sending a lot of e-mail with religious or political overtones.
I have asked my wife to ask her to remove us from her mass mailing list. She believes that any action to stop it will cause resentment. How do I handle the situation?
Angry Old Man
Dear Angry: If you don't want to confront or block this unwanted e-mail and if you don't wish to receive any e-mail from this person, you can have all mail from her address sent to your "spam" folder.
Send questions to Amy Dickinson to askamy@tribune .com or Ask Amy, Chicago Tribune, TT500, 435 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611.
This aunt routinely posts baby pictures of the kids, and frequently comments on their pages, writing on their "walls" and interjecting into their communication with their peers.
Not only are the kids embarrassed by the pictures, they also do not like their aunt being a part of their social network via the Internet.
While one niece has blocked this aunt and another has refused to "friend" her, my daughter is too intimidated to block her aunt.
How should these children respectfully get their aunt to stop checking on them via Facebook, short of blocking her?
Talking with her is futile; she already knows her nieces and nephews are offended by her comments and postings, and this has not stopped her.
What do you think?
Too Old for Facebook
Dear Too Old: There are plenty of middle-age people capable of navigating Facebook. If this aunt wants to play with the kids, she's going to have to suffer the slings and arrows of adolescence along with them.
They've tried to be respectful, and she has not complied. They should refuse to "friend" her, or should block her. Blocking is not impolite; it's neutral.
If the aunt in question wants to find out why she has been blocked, she can ask.
Though I do feel that the teens involved should be able to tolerate a small amount of virtual cheek-pinching, the adult should think about how she would feel if someone posted her baby pictures without her permission.
The young family members might be able to handle this telling her that they're blocking her from Facebook -- but saying that they look forward to letting her torture them in person over the holidays.
::
Dear Amy: My wife and I are senior citizens and enjoy our access to the Internet.
A member of my wife's social club constantly pelts us (and others) with e-mail, usually forwarded from unknown sources. Lately she has been sending a lot of e-mail with religious or political overtones.
I have asked my wife to ask her to remove us from her mass mailing list. She believes that any action to stop it will cause resentment. How do I handle the situation?
Angry Old Man
Dear Angry: If you don't want to confront or block this unwanted e-mail and if you don't wish to receive any e-mail from this person, you can have all mail from her address sent to your "spam" folder.
Send questions to Amy Dickinson to askamy@tribune .com or Ask Amy, Chicago Tribune, TT500, 435 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611.
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