My daughter is 10 yrs. old should i let her have a myspace?

Question

all her friends have one and she feels left out.....none of her friends talk to her cause she doesnt have one .they always ditch her

Answer 1

I personally have a myspace page and I can honestly say it's not wise for anyone under 16. Strange people want to add/talk to you all the time. Some photos and videos aren't very nice. People are currently posting spam comments on many people's pages directing them to offline sites. Think long and hard no matter how mature your daughter may be.

Answer 2

If your 10 year old ever leaves the house then YES, let her have a myspace. However, you need to have one also, and you need to make sure she adds you as a friend, and includes you on her on the first row of her top friends list. On your myspace, your name should be "Tara's mom" (replacing Tara with your daughter's name). Also, make her profile private, make her share her password with you, block live chat options, and monitor her actions. All of these steps will protect her while she's on myspace.

Parents these days hear horrible things about myspace and young kids. BUT you never hear a horror story about a 15 year old girl getting kidnapped by a myspace stalker, while the mom or dad faithfully monitored their child's online activity.

Myspace can be a parenting tool! There's nothing better than learning all about the kids who your child hangs out with. It puts you right in the middle of their circle, lets you know who has parents who care, let's you know who gets in trouble, and let's you know what they are up to.

If you tell her no, then she will find another way to use myspace. Whether it is at a friends house, a library, or at school thru a backdoor site, she's going to find a way if she feels left out because you say no.

So, it's your call. Would you rather her sneak around behind your back and use it? (And don't even think for a minute that she won't.) Or do you want to see your daughter happy, but safe at the same time...not to mention having the opportunity to become even more involved in her life.

Answer 3

now a days there's gotten to be alot of dangers involved with myspace...stalking, abuse, sexual exposure (wanted or not) etc... You have to ask yourself... " Would you rather her feel left out because of these bratty kids (knowing phases that children go through and soon there will be another fad and this one won't even be important anymore) OR would you prefer her to be exposed to these potential risks at such an early age? Some things come and go, like the latest fad, etc... but somethings may stay around and haunt you for the rest of your life. I'm not saying that myspace is all bad and evil, it has good purposes as well, it's just that not everyone uses it for good purposes. I would suggest looking up the pros and cons of myspace, and make some decisions there as well. I would say that if you do decide to, then just try and carefully moniter her from time to time. Take care, and God bless.

Answer 4

Exactly what the first person said...

If she's being ditched because of myspace, she needs new friends.

I have one, and the only reason I do is because I moved out of the state from all my friends/family and use it as a way to keep in touch. But as soon as I get back out there, it's being deleted. It's not fun. It's full of spam. And full of old creepiers messaging you asking if you'd like to "hook up online". Even though she might have hers set to private, it's still more of a hassel than anything.

If you and her talk, and she's mature about it, and allows you to look at it once in a while (Not too often, because she'll feel like you're invading her and trying to spy. But often enough to where you know she hasn't added anyone she shouldn't have. Or isn't talking to someone she shouldn't be.) then I suppose you could try it. Let her know that it's a temporary thing, in the sense that the second you think that something's going on that shouldn't be, you have the ability to delete it.

Answer 5

Do you know that you can't even sign up on myspace when you are 10 years old without lying about the age. I think that she should not have one but your the mom so do what you want. Good luck!

Eligibility. Use of and Membership in the MySpace Services is void where prohibited. By using the MySpace Services, you represent and warrant that (a) all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate; (b) you will maintain the accuracy of such information; (c) you are 14 years of age or older; and (d) your use of the MySpace Services does not violate any applicable law or regulation. Your profile may be deleted and your Membership may be terminated without warning, if we believe that you are under 14 years of age.
http://www.myspace.com

Answer 6

NO!!! It's on the news all the time about myspace. People are getting children all the time off of myspace b/c they are tracking there ip address and then next thing you know there gone. If your lucky you'll get your child back . I'm 23 years old and I don't let anyone on my computer on myspace noone any friends I hate that site I tried to start a petion to shut that site down. But whatever you do it's up to you it's your child I'm going to to tell you what to or not to do b/c I know I don't like it. But I wouldn't that site is very dangerous.
Hoped I helped.

Answer 7

hmmm.. judgimg by all the thumbs down i think YOU are the 10 year old. If these people you call "friends" ditch you because you don't have a myspace page then they aren't friends at all they are just posers take it from me kiddo you'll get wisdom to understand what everyone else is saying eventually :)

now give my a thumbs down cause your soo young and ignorant an dhave a low self esteme and adults give me a thumbs up :P

Answer 8

NO. She is too young. But that is my opinion. What I suggest is get your own myspace and check it out for yourself. Most important of all. IF you allow her to have a myspace (at whatever age), you need to monitor her profile, her friends profiles and know what and who she is communicating with on the Internet. I originally opened a MySpace for just that reason, to monitor my teenage daughter's account. It is not uncommon for me to send messages to her friends asking them questions, telling them what I think is inappropriate, etc. I have also made my daughter delete friends if they have inappropriate content on their page, because I don't want her associated with it.....so good luck.

Answer 9

I agree with them not being her real friends but come on, they are only 10. By next week they'll be friends again. I would say yes to let her have one only if she keeps it private and you monitor ALL things that go on. It's no big deal you just don't let her talk to strangers and make sure she doesn't allow anyone on her friends list that she doesn't know. If you don't like the way a person's acting on there, delete them. Good luck!

Answer 10

myspace was intended for people "over 14" but I think it's a parent's personal perspective on the whole idea whether or not their child should be able to have an account. As long as you're a good parent and will be monitoring your child's account to make sure only her friends are on there and not anyone she met online, it should be fine.