Dangers of Flirting on FaceBook

  

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Flirting on FaceBook can be dangerous, not only personally but also professionally. 

Every week I hear from women, and men, whose partners are flirting on FaceBook and the significant relationship problems it's causing.  FaceBook relationship problems are common issues in my counseling services. 

Now flirting on FaceBook with the connections made through the workplace is getting people into trouble too.  Take a look at these excerpts from the New York Post article Teachers Fired for Flirting on FaceBook with Students.

• At least three educators from city public high schools have been fired in the past six months for having inappropriate dealings with students on Facebook -- one of which culminated in a sexual relationship, The Post has learned.
• One of the booted employees is former Bronx teacher Chadwin Reynolds, who "friended" about a half-dozen female students and wrote creepy comments like, "This is sexy," under some of their Facebook photos, schools investigators found.
• In Manhattan, substitute teacher Stephen D'Andrilli also "friended" several female students at Essex Street Academy on Facebook and sent inappropriate messages, according to schools investigators.
• As part of a wider probe into inappropriate teacher conduct, a fourth employee -- a male teacher at La Guardia HS -- was found to be giving extra credit to students who "friended" him.
• "Socializing on Facebook can cross over into areas that are potentially dangerous."

If you're on FaceBook, and who isn't, be very careful.  It's easy to develop FaceBook relationship problems.  So don't let "friending" on FaceBook turn into flirting on FaceBook.

Source: Teachers Fired for Flirting on FaceBook with Students