Dear Amy: Our daughter-in-law occasionally vents her feelings about a family problem on Facebook. My wife and I do not use Facebook, and so we hear about this from friends. I would like to sit down with her and our son, and explain that family matters should be kept in the family and not vented on Facebook. I do not want to see a wedge being driven between us, but I am afraid this will happen if she continues. Do you think this is the right way to approach this? — Concerned Dear Concerned: It would be very easy for you to say, “Family matters should be kept in the family, and not vented on Facebook,” and for your daughter-in-law and son to respond, “Well, we disagree.” And then they could take to Facebook and complain about how you and your wife are always telling them how to behave. It is not your job to tell your daughter-in-law and son about the appropriate venues to express themselves. It IS your job to tell them how their behavior affects you. Your daughter-in-law might believe (naively, of course) that she is talking to her friends when she vents about family matters on FB.
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