Generation "Friend Me"

About the Book

There is a phenomenon going on right now in American like no other time in history. It seems as if not even a few hours goes by, let alone a day, whereby the average teens does not click a button to accept or send a “friend me” request on Facebook, or to send or receive a “tweet” on Twitter, or to quickly craft one of the 3600 text messages sent out each month on average by today’s youth.

Teens are flocking in droves to be “liked” or to be “followed” and to feel as if they fit in and are part of something special. They are willing to, in essence, bare it all on the internet.

They are willing to share who they are, where they live, their personal contact information, what they like to do, where they like to go, what their hobbies are, intimate thoughts about their personalities, what music or movies they like, things going on in their lives daily or in some cases hourly, and on and on and on.

About the Author

Mark G. Pollock was raised in Shaker Heights, before moving to the Chagrin Falls community, an eastern suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. Mark has been in the financial services industry for over 33 years and has consulted with many start up businesses around the country. Mark has been active in the non-profit and charitable communities from donating his time on boards, personally volunteering, to helping to raise funds for working capital and endowments. Over his career Mark helped placed over $5 billion dollars of Bank Owned Life Insurance (BOLI) and is currently involved with developing innovative strategies to help non-profits with their capital funding programs, wealth transfer for high net worth families and athletes, and funding plans for governmental entities. Mark enjoys his family, traveling, golf, paddle tennis, and writing and speaking at various conferences around the country on the topic of “protecting our kids.”

Antonietta Pollock was born in Montecalvo, Italy, a small town on the outskirts of Naples and the Amalfi coast. At the age of 12 she immigrated to the United States where she met Mark. She studied and earned a license in cosmetology in 1978 before marrying Mark and raising 3 boys, Adam, Christopher, and David. Antonietta has been active in a number of charitable organizations and has devoted most of her adult life to her home and children. Today, she is involved in a home based business offering an Internet travel and shopping portal and is active in promoting skin care and beauty products through her Cose Belle enterprise. Antonietta enjoys traveling to her hometown in Italy, playing tennis and paddle tennis, cooking, making new recipes, and visiting her 3 sons.