Facebook now is allowing teens the option to make their posts public—a move that some say is potentially problematic, given the number of unwise things teens post already.

In an article titled, “Facebook Now Lets Teens Live Out Their Awkward Years in Public,” Time‘s Doug Aamoth writes, “The Internet: It’s like permanent marker, except way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way more permanent. And smelling it doesn’t make you dizzy.” (Time)

Paul Asay has covered religion for The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Beliefnet.com and The (Colorado Springs) Gazette. He writes about culture for Plugged In and wrote the Batman book God on the Streets of Gotham (Tyndale). He lives in Colorado Springs with wife Wendy and his two children. Follow him on Twitter.