Why do teens post about drinking on facebook when their mother can read it?

[Insanechicken997]

Because they aren't very smart....or their parents just don't give a damn. Like you said her mother believed the worst lie in the book. That's almost like my brother sneaking out every night no matter how many times he's been caught, knowing they are going to wake up and check his bedroom. He knows it will all blow over in a couple days....

[cinnea]

There are a couple of possible reasons - maybe the teen really doesn't care who knows. Maybe the teen is crying out for some attention and boundaries set by mom (which obviously isn't going to happen). Maybe the teen is joking or exaggerating to present a false front to other people, knowing that Mom will believe she's joking. There are lots of possible motivations. The parents should be monitoring their child on Facebook, asking questions about concerning status updates or comments, and taking action if needed.

[victoriousbat671]

Cause she knows she can say its a joke and her parents dont care....a teen with an attentive parent would think twice b4 posting such stupidity.....If she can get trashed in the first place somethings lacking on the parents behalf.

[kamrynsmom]

Teenagers are unable to always weigh out the consequences of their actions ... that's why they usually tell on themselves if patents are patient enough...lol

[fadz_fizzy]

Teens have the tendency to do risky things to define their independence and identity. They are at the age where they are about to leave their highly dependent selves during childhood and enter adulthood. Doing these "risky" stuff is their way of saying, "Look world. See what I've done! I've survived this event. And this is who I am." It's like a modern form of rites of passage. But it's a common discourse for the mainstream to see them as immature as they did these "risky" stuff and the media tend to glorify the extreme ones.

In order to define their identity, they need the attention. They need people to notice them and acknowledge them. It doesn't have approving acknowledgement. They sometimes need someone someone to say,"Look, this whole gig is not you. Find something else that is you." Of course, it had to be someone from their peer groups. The problem is that if there's no one notice them, their attention-grabbing actitives are going to get worser and probably "riskier"

For parents, I suggest you just keep a close eye on your teens. Posting photos of them drinking it's just an indirect way of them saying, "I'm growing up. Give me some space." As long as they are around a good bunch of supporting people, it's alright. Just don't intervene too much. They'll do anything to diffrentiate themselves and their parents.