I saw a Twitter post a few weeks ago about “Selfies” being taken at funerals and I have to admit I panicked thinking that people were somehow including the deceased in the picture.
Thank goodness I was wrong – the culprits are usually just bored, narcissistic teenagers who entertain themselves at funerals by capturing themselves looking sad.
I can’t imagine what my parents would have done if they had found me taking selfies at my grandparents’ funerals! I wonder how many parentseducate their children about what they will see, what their expectation for behavior is and what they could do during the service to help since they are a member of the grieving family?
Is it just easier for parents to relinquish their responsibilities, have them invite their friends, and keep them busy by allowing them to document their own activity with their cell phones?
The article about selfies got…
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