Privacy.

Why do we feel the need to plaster all of our information and whereabouts on the Internet? Are we ignorant enough to believe our "private" will only be seen by a selected group? One day, when we are in the process of competing for a position amognst others, are we not going to let our possible future employer follow us on twitter or instagram? Thankfully, I have strict parents who look at every post I make on any form of social media. Any bad choices I make that end up on social media will be the end of my social life. Thank you Iphone family plan. Yet I still know of all the bad decisions my friends or other high school students have made because I see them as I scroll through my timeline.
Choices in general, regardless of peer pressure, are made by that individual alone. Whether the choice they made was the right one or not, is not up for me to determine. As I have stated before, judging is something we all do, and I attempt to refrain from it, but it is really difficult to prevent myself from judging when people post their decisions, practically presenting it on a silver platter for everyone to take an opinion on. Some may say that they do not care about the judgment of others, kudos to them. But I would want to hear them say that again if I were to let them know that the parents of their friends were able to see what they post. Or be able to see them after being questioned on a decision they made now, in a few years when they are being hired for a job.
The fact that my generation will not hesitate to post things on social media, but then hesitate when their parents ask to see their phone bewilders me.
JSL