We’ve seen plenty of scenarios in which things go wrong after accepting a parent’s friend request on Facebook, but it’s not always a bad idea to become virtual friends with mom and dad… or is it? Friend ’em or don’t friend ’em, it’s a tough question. So let this flowchart by Cool Material help you decid.

WTF? Dad just joined Facebook!

If you haven’t seen last weekend’s episode of the late-night comedy show, Saturday Night Live, here are the two shorts they did on Facebook.

In honour of the upcoming Mother’s Day, today’s Facebook Fail Friday is dedicated to the unavoidable but unconditionally beloved mothers on Facebook.

Parents on Facebook are such a widespread PITA it served as a source of inspiration for yet another song titled “My mom’s on Facebook”, following The Outside Joke’s pop song from a few months ago. This second version comes from an LA-based comedy group going by the name of Back of the Class and recorded an over the top hair metal anthem about the dreaded subject.

Parents. Love ’em or hate ’em, they’re perfect fodder for Facebook Fail Friday. Subject of today is daddy Johnny, who just stepped into the wonderful but clearly complicated world of Facebook.

“My mom’s on Facebook, destroying all my privacy”. Not exactly the best song you’ll hear this year, but certainly the one with the most realistic lyrics.

Greg tries to explain he’s not her son, but Furious Facebook Mom from Hell just doesn’t listen.

Like we mentioned in an earlier post, parents are invading Facebook like ants at a picnic. The Onion made a great morning talk show spoof video in which is discussed how parents can easily spy on their college-aged kids via sites like Facebook and Twitter. Beware the eMom!

Yep, it eventually happened to me. My mom joined Facebook today. Originally just to view some photo albums from family members, but I checked her profile three hours after she joined and she had already updated her favorite movies, books and music. Poor mom, she’s gonna get so awfully addicted over the next few days.