This is a subject I am currently battling with my 10 yo dd over. The rules of Facebook are clear: the lower age limit is 13. Why, then, am I a terrible mum for refusing her access to this social media site? There are many things on fb that I do not want my 10yo viewing. It can be so terribly abused by cyber bullies too.
Dd has a lot of friends through dancing that she only sees at festivals/panto/ workshops. She is desperate for fb to keep in touch with these girls and boys. The compromise we reached approx two years was that they could friend request me. So now I have a couple of dozen kids on my page which caused a problem at Xmas when I made a comment about Father Christmas getting all the credit for all the work mummies do. Queue one mother (also a fb friend) asking me to remove the comment as I have some children who still "believe". I did say, after removing the comment, that Facebook has a lower age limit and you can't censure everything on there!
Now another child on fb (age 11) has got incredibly upset after someone reported her as being underage and her profile has been shut down. Her mother is up in arms about it but if you break the rules surely you should be prepared to take the consequences?
Dd will NOT be having an account until she is old enough and yet I am the one in the wrong? Social media is a minefield for adults! Let alone kids!!! Argh!!!!
Rant over, sorry!
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Sparklymommy · 22/08/2013 19:53
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