Yes, my parentes know. At first I felt kinda shy to the fact of my parents knowing it sit here and waste time talking to people I dont even know. After awhile I stopped minimizing ths screen when my dad walked by. I realized its not somthing to be "shy" about. Its just chatting and dicsussing things with people, known or not. Sure somtimes I feel stupid talking about "A kid on ZU" but meh, so what. Kinda weird why I thought that..........