kids that are in their early teens anyway, how do you feel about letting them be on myspace.com? Do you think you should have access to their info, so that you can monitor it?
2007-05-15 09:06:34 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
my sister has 2 young boys (and she has 2 older ones) but the young ones are 13 and 10 and both have my space..all their friends have it and they use them ...seriously...for their social net works...yeah i know kids that young need that? well its the sign of the times..
but to answer your question. SHE HAS COMPLETE ACCESS TO THEIR STUFF. she checks their pages almost daily..and nothing goes by or gets put up that my sister doesn't approve of. now she's no control freak but i think she's doing a good job at watching what goes on.
just recently one of the girls that likes my nephew started to write nasty things and the likes. really bad things-like they had sex and all this crap...she was doing this to get his girlfriend jealous (little kids can you believe that?!! playing big kids games). anyway my sister stopped that right then and there and told the girls parents and it was dealt with before it got out of hand with acusations and all that. by being able to moniter his myspace my sister know's a lot about my nephews life.
so as long as the parents can get full access and know for sure what's going on then i say there's no problem.
2007-05-15 09:12:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, let them go on it. Tell them that there are freaks on the internet (guess what- they don't limit their activities to MySpace or MSN Messenger etc.) Tell your kids that you will monitor their activities, and that they must let you know if they read something that worries or disturbs them. Tell them to limit their MySpace friends to people they really know. Most importantly, warn them about making face-to-face meetings with strangers. Remind them that the internet is not to be used to bully others. Society is changing, your kids are relatively safe sat at home, rather than dodging traffic or gangsters, but they are entering uncharted waters that you yourself barely have a grip on. Also, kids love using textspeak, and they do it so fast that you cannot keep up. Don't be freaked by this, or worried about their spelling/grammar. Language has always been a living, developing entity. It only slowed down a little bit when the printing press was invented! Instead rejoice that they are being sociable (in a strangely anti-social way) and testing the technology to its limits. Oh, and keep the computer where you can see it.
2007-05-15 09:29:32 · answer #2 · answered by Snoom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son is only 1 1/2 but i think any kids under 16 or 18 (depending on the kid of course) should have the page monitored. My bf little sister is 11 and he found her page and she was swearing all the time and pictures posted that made her look like a slu*. Some kids shouldn't be allowed on it at all.
2007-05-15 09:11:35 · answer #3 · answered by Angel♥Baby♥Girl 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Any website should be monitored by the parents well into their late teens. The internet is a very dangerous place. I will have the info for all the sites my children go on. It is being a responsible parent...
2007-05-15 09:14:08 · answer #4 · answered by Hot Momma 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
myspace is the equivalent to the soda shop in our parents days or the arcade, roller rinks, dance clubs and what nots in our days. We can't monitor everything our kids do and they don't deserve us doing that. Children need the space and freedom to find out who they are and where they're going in this screwed up world they have no choice but to grow up in. Today's world either plugged in or wireless. One day, they will be asking the same question about what ever the world has then. It's all about trust and communication when dealing with kids. You have to talk to your kids and let them know what's right and wrong. Teach them that and you shouldn't have anything to worry about.
2007-05-15 09:12:19 · answer #5 · answered by Dr. E. Bunny A.K.A. Andy. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have step kids.. but we set up a myspace page and we're on there list so we can look at there page all the time, it works out great. And make sure they put there real age. So when people want to be there friend they have to actually know them, they can't just send a friends request or get solicited requests.
2007-05-15 09:11:34 · answer #6 · answered by Miss T 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Early teens? Yes, definately have access
2007-05-15 10:19:06 · answer #7 · answered by §torm♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not pleased about it. But I do know my son is very conscious of protecting his privacy, so I am not really concerned for his safety. I do have access to it - because he has shared the info/passwords with me, but I don't use it to monitor and go on only if he asks me to because I respect his privacy.
2007-05-15 09:19:13 · answer #8 · answered by Rabbit 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I normally trust people but kids can be inticed too easily. I went on myspace to see if I could find my brood and I did...geez...the things I found out! The youngest ended up getting followed by some guy she didn't know and it creeped her out. We found out that he got her info from myspace and tracked her down. He lived almost 200 miles from us. A liitle scary. I think the kids give too much personal info..way too much.
2007-05-15 09:13:51 · answer #9 · answered by Pam C 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My oldest is 15, and he knows more about the computer than I do, so I pretty much let him do his own thing. He's a big ol' football player, so I figure he could fend off some pervert, if he had to...lol Nah, I got his back!!
2007-05-15 15:34:41 · answer #10 · answered by chris j 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋