Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Flicker, and more…

There’s no doubt social media has replaced conventional networking in the past decade. But how do parents manage their children’s requests to go online and post photos or connect with friends? Maybe one way to start slowly is to use social networking to showcase the artwork of your child.

The days of putting your child's artwork on the fridge are over when social network sites like Facebook, Flicker, and others allow parents to create albums dedicated to their child's spurts of creativity. Washington, D.C.-based Design Army's Pum and Jake Lefebure use Facebook to display their 5-year-old daughter Sophie's newest drawing of a Vera Wang dress.

As leaders in all things related to design, the graphic design firm Design Army is constantly looking for new ways to reinvent themselves both personally and professionally, including creating books for The Washington Ballet's 10-year anniversary of artistic director Septime Webre and its newest fall release, a book chronicling NPR’s 40-year anniversary. Traveling with them on photo shoots for books, magazine spreads and advertising campaigns, their daughter Sophie gets a generous dose of their creativity firsthand. When inspired, Sophie takes to her drawing board which the Lebefures post on their Facebook page.

Conventional scrapbooks move over. Better find a new use for the fridge magnet. Artwork can be saved indefinitely and shared with family and friends on Facebook.