Is modern day Student-Teacher relationship healthy where teachers are more like friends and socializing more with students?

I personally believe that teachers should not be friends with their students on sites such as facebook. I find this to be unprofessional. Nowadays teenage students don't have some respect for the teachers n counsellors However, I believe that on such websites like yahoo answers n jawab.pk n differents sites because you are interacting with professors/good students/Counsellors to share thoughts and ideas in a professional manner. Facebook/twitter is a social site about people's personal lives, therefore I believe that students should not be friends with their teachers....

exactly ... The Respect is getting reduced by the students ... the teachers should be friends at university level not before that .... there should a relationship of respect between student and a teacher ...
Kids abuse and torture teachers like we even cant imagine to do that in our times ... !

I think there should be a balance. I don't like those teacher who are so strict that its difficult to ask questions. Teachers should be frank enough to make students comfortable but in limits. They should never come out of their teacher domain and try to be friend, because Friends can never be our teachers.

well lenient masters i prefer the most.....
a teacher has a grace n awe in student's mind,untill n unless s/he gives students their proper place......
teachers who usually humiliate students are most notorious n students dont respect them sincerely
this relationship in which teacher socializes with students is good to have,i've observed students pay more attention n awe to the teachers they love,n the result is a good percentage,grades
conclusion is it is purely dependant on student's psyche,that s/he respects teachers or nt.....not on how much teacher is socializing with students

One of my teachers say that if u have any questions, do ask me on facebook. Buhahaha :D

I agree. I believe that while teachers should maximize their interaction with students and even on a one-on-one level, they should avoid "friendships" as that would lead into not only biases but many other complicated situations too. When this starts to happen, the other students get distracted as they focus on getting the teacher's affection/preference instead of focusing on their education.