Minnesota Moment: A few years ago online social networking sites such as Facebook were
dominated by college students. Now mom and dad have discovered they can use them, too. That was one of the reasons why Marj Savage, Parent
Program director at the University of Minnesota, has updated her
college-parenting book, You're On Your Own (But I'm Here If You Need
Me). Savage says parents are increasingly embracing social networking,
which is unsettling for some newly independent students.
