My 13 yr old asked to have his oun page on my space.com because his friends have pages there what would be the right thing to do and why do you think this.
2006-07-08 17:44:12 · 9 answers · asked by iamasweetmommy 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
Set some ground rules.
1. Make your own myspace -- tell him you have to be in his friends list. You don't have to be in his top 8 (or however many he chooses for his top friends,) you just have to be on the list. If you're on his friends list, you get all of the bulletins he sends out to his friends list.
2. He has to set it so that only people on his friends list can view his profile. He can't put any "traceable" info on the profile.
3. Tell him that, besides looking in on his profile from time to time, occasionally, you will be asking him to sit down with you and log on to his account, just so he has the opportunity to show you that you have nothing to be worried about.
Most kids who are up to no good on MySpace don't want their parents knowing they have one and they don't ask their parents' permission.
2006-07-08 18:06:47 · answer #1 · answered by Mel 4 · 11⤊ 0⤋
If it were my child I don't know that I'd allow it. I have a page on there and I"m 24 and i see some awful stuff go on. But it is a good way to communicate with friends. I'd make a compromise and allow it as long as you have the pass word and tell them you are going to check it periodically and use your discretion as to when you do. If they say that is invading their privacy tell them they are kids and kids have no privacy. ;) the kid that is worried about privacy is the kid that's doing something wrong.
Also kids 14 and under cannot have their profile viewed by anyone that they don't put on their "friends list" which should help with the freaks and weirdos. Just make sure you keep a good eye on it.
2006-07-09 01:00:42 · answer #2 · answered by prettyinpunkk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Myspace is NOT a bad place. A Website cannot talk or move, so how can it be bad?
It is the people who abuse the site who are bad. It's the young girls who post pictures of themselves in nothing but a pair of panties. It's the girls that tell elderly men how old they are and where they live, and offer to meet them. Where were the parents to montior their children to make sure they aren't doing crap like that?
Myspace is NOT bad. It connects long lost friends -- I have found over 30 friends who I had lost touch with, and I even found my brother. To my shock, I have three nephews and a step sister. My brother and I lost contact when he joined the Air Force.
Let him do it, but advise him NOT to put any personal information on there (Other than the birthday it asks you for to ensure that you are over the age to use the site). Myspace asks you for no more information.
Any information you post is at your own descresion.
2006-07-09 00:51:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say let him. Why wouldn't you? The most common argument i hear against it concerns sexual predators/kidnappers online. I think this fear is very much overblown because the internet is a big place. Your kid would be just one of how many millions online or with myspace profiles. Why not embrace it for what it is, which is your child trying to communicate with his peers and make friends in a new and popular way. By not letting him do this, I think he will only be ostracized from his peer group, and he will not get the chance to learn from social mistakes made early on in life.
2006-07-09 00:55:29 · answer #4 · answered by davebs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's okay when it's protected and parents know what's going on the page. And if there's no personal information on it like last name or phone number, etc. Otherwise, it's a bit skeptical because of all the people that can get to the pages. You never know who it really is.
2006-07-09 00:48:49 · answer #5 · answered by ♥me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well its not as ddangerous as it is thought of to be. how many kids drink and smoke and kill themselves with that? why are parents more concerned with an internet site that has had a maximum of what, 8 stalkers? alright so lets put together all the teenage drinkers under 17 and how many have them died? and how many stoners have dided at age 14? i bet it multiplies the stalker number by at least 70 times.
2006-07-09 00:49:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember what your mom said to you, "If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you?". You have to protect him from those sick perverted weirdos that you see the FBI busting on the news for child pornography. At least monitor his activity if you're gonna cave.
2006-07-09 01:01:18 · answer #7 · answered by ahandle101 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From what I have seen it is nothing more than a place where the kiddies can make a complete a** of themselves. Young girls bragging about give oral sex, gang bangs, drug use and just about every deviant sick behavior you could imagine. Its pure garbage.
2006-07-09 00:50:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would let him as long as you were willing to put in the time to spend with him as he creates his page and when he is online.
2006-07-09 04:16:22 · answer #9 · answered by Someonesmommy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋