do you allow your child to have myspace?

Question

why or why not????? did it take yoy a while to let them... my mom finally agreed (i used to have one but she made me delete it) :-(

Answer 1

They should. You have to be at least fourteen years old. And the only reason people get hurt on myspace is because they fake their age, they have an open page that anyone can see your personal information instead of having a private profile. They add people they don't know. Myspace is very safe. You can make your profile private, you can block people from asking you if you don't know who they are, you can make photos private which means viewable by those who you add as friends. So idiots are the only people who get hurt with myspace.

Answer 2

So much depends on the age, openness, and maturity of the child. If the child is in his/her teens and is generally a good kid willing to show you what's on the space and give the password if asked, there shouldn't be a problem. On the other hand, if the child is silly, immature, seems to find trouble, gullable or easily misled, that would be another thing.. Every child is different.

The dangers of the internet are not exclusive to Myspace. Bad things happen to kids (and adults) online everyday..If you are not careful with your account or make assumptions that everyone is on the up and up - it's easy to get taken advantage of. YOu could chat with someone on YA and end up in a bunch of unwanted attention or trouble.

Answer 3

I would not allow my child to be a myspace user, unless your mother is sitting over your shoulder all the time a online public forum is never safe for a minor, and this is comming from a 25 year old. There are soo many pervs that pretend to be a 16 year old boy or girl. And not saying teens are stupid you guys just don't understand dangers like adults do,

Answer 4

Thankfully, I don't have to deal with it yet.

I do have a personal story (I have lots of those, I like to talk) that I think any teenager with myspace should know about.

When I was in high school (tennish years ago), the internet was relatively new. I started chatting with a guy who lived in the same area I lived in. He was in his twenties, I was sixteen.

He knew what school I went to (I knew he was from around the same place I was and mentioned the town I lived in), and he knew at the time I was involved in One-Act Play.

One day, after school but before rehearsal, the guy showed up at my high school auditorium. Freaked me out.

Now, myspace is really nifty because it allows you to tell what school you're in by using the alumni thing. Then, there's all kinds of opportunities to tell what clubs you're a part of, what your hobbies are, etc. Then there are pictures of you (and probably a few friends), sometimes in easily recognisable places (my sister-in-law had in various places of her myspace account the school she went to, what grade she was in, that she played volleyball, that she worked at the Baskin Robbins (right down the street), and then one of the pictures showed her and her friends building a snowman outside her home. So, if she were being preyed upon by a dangerous person, he knew what school she went to (also knew the general school zone she lived in). There was one Baskin Robbins in the area. She specified that Baskin Robbins was right down the street where she lived (meaning he'd only have to cruise about a 5 block radius), and THEN she pretty much handed him a picture showing him which house in the 5 block radius she lived in, and what she looked like. With all that information, he could have come to her school, an extracurricular activity (such as a volleyball game or practice), her work, or her home. All from typical things you can find on a teenage girls' website.

If you're going to have a myspace page, use it wisely. Set it to private. Don't post (in the alumni area, blogs, about me, or anywhere else) what school you go to or probably even in what town you live in. Make sure the backgrounds of pictures you post don't give away more information than you mean for them to (letter jackets, your school, your home, your workplace).

Most importantly, keep in mind how easy it is for a predator to fake a myspace page. A person can google images to use for pictures, and people who prey on young people know how to talk like a young person.

Myspace has made it really easy to keep tabs on friends and family, but with some serious potential risks, it should be used with caution and under supervision.

Answer 5

According to the CBS report on Internet Predators over 90% of girls 16 and young on Myspace are sexually solicited by Adults.

Answer 6

I've had a myspace for a few years. But I'm an adult. If a minor really understands the risks of the internet then sure why not.

Answer 7

Personally, I would not allow my children to have a "myspace" account. They are too young, for starters. My oldest is only 8. But even as she gets older I doubt I will allow it. There are too many predetors online and my child's safety has to come first. I'd rather have her mad at me than obducted or killed.

Answer 8

I'm not sure if I would let my children have one, but I've noticed many of the friends I not have on my list have it private and the person wanting to be on their list has to be approved, if you're wanting your child to have one I say go this route and you monitor everything they do...it's more for teens and up from what I've seen.

Answer 9

im not a parent but im 13 so.....my mom let me have a myspace when i was 12 and 1/2 but letting me have one meant that she also had to get one to monitor my saftey im safe anyways you dont have to even put what town you are from so i feal pretty safe

Answer 10

I am a child...And i do have a myspace....There is nothing wrong with myspace...myspace doesnt make you bad....Your kids make myspace bad....I think as long as your children dont go talkin to 30 year old men and go and meet them then they are fine.....PLEASE stop thinking myspace is bad because its noT!!!!!!!!!!!!!1