I had this same conversation with my Mother a few weeks ago. My father passed a few years back, and now I have two daughters which she does not get to spend as

I had this same conversation with my Mother a few weeks ago. My father passed a few years back, and now I have two daughters which she does not get to spend as much time with as she had made out in her mind prior. My grandparents raised me, same with my wife, as both of our parents worked fulltime jobs to make ends meet (the obvious American life of parents). However I'm proud to say that I am successful enough that I can work from home and my wife can stay home as well to raise our kids. This was a reality check for my mom and it's added up since then. The other day she called me on how upset she was, as she always sees friends having so much fun on Facebook and how she feels more an more lonely. In comparison, I noticed how my wife would post a photo of my girls on Facebook and my mom would (typically) Like it within minutes. It seemed that she was literally sitting on Facebook all day trying to find out what was going on with the world rather than enjoying it herself as she's now retired. It was starting to make sense to me. When I talked to her, I asked when the last time she saw people talking about how they had no money to go out and eat, had to work overtime, had to pay bills, were doing laundry, etc. queue the Lightbulb. A few days later, she called me happier than I'd heard her in a while, explaining how she'll check Facebook in the morning and at night but the rest of the day she leaves the computer off and she felt worlds better already. Once I could explain that Facebook wants it's users to be engaged & sucked in for more, she realized how she got trapped.