Should Children Be Allowed to Have Facebook Accounts?

This only means that stricter measures need to be taken to keep kids from Facebook. Kids are on Facebook and so are predators.

Accounts for pets and fictional characters are actually created and updated by the pet owner or a fan of the character, whereas children update their own accounts.

So your argument is that there should be age restrictions on email account creation, which is impossible since so many young people already have email accounts.

Parents can’t be everywhere, controlling parents have rebellious children , there are most parents who are swamped with activities other than, so who does my little cherub have a crush on?
And there have been cases on Facebook despite the current age restriction. Facebook needs to ensure that people using the facility are real and not lying about their age, otherwise pranks like this. [[http://www.anhourago.us/show.aspx?l=8295862]] and horrors like these. [[http://blog.pcpandora.com/2011/05/25/wacky-internet-predator-wednesday-145/]] will not be deterred.

Once Facebook promotes it’s no child on Facebook policy, Facebook and Zuck have done all they can. [[http://sebatasinfo.co.cc/zuck-says-letting-tweens-on-facebook-not-a-priority.html]] The baton now rests with parents. But if Facebook removes its pre-teen ban then Facebook will have to monitor users. You don’t child proof wine, precisely because kids shouldn’t be drinking alcohol; the onus of keeping kids from drinking rests with the parents.

the assumption that people make better choices with age has no practical relevance. Countless Adults the world over, are homeless, drug addicts, criminals, a danger to themselves and others. Being 18 does not magically transform you into a good, stable and street-smart person. Facebook should take measures to protect people of all ages from disinformation, spam and misinformation. Children are not the only ones falling prey to internet scams. Facebook needs to monitor and control the credibility of its content. [[http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/04/facebooks-newest-scam-photoshop-app-with-fake-photos/236656/]] [[http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/04/facebooks-newest-scam-photoshop-app-with-fake-photos/236656/]]

credit card theft is common, so is internet phishing, identity theft is the worst and most common danger of the internet. [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113957/]]

No, because I said so

This is a sad excuse for an argument because we all know this would not take place even 20% of the time

they might be trolled and raped :))))))))

It started with Msn chat rooms; do we really want to risk turning Facebook into another child-predator hub? [[http://www.pcsndreams.com/Pages/ChatNightmares.htm]]
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Since internet predators attack boys/girls aged anywhere from 7 to 17, maybe Facebook should reduce the year of birth to 2006 not raise it to include even younger children.

Facebook is harmful for children of all ages.They are unaware of its dangers and can easily become prey. Also, children might unwilingly or unknowingly diclose information about their lives and this could result in physical harassment.Parents try to protect their children from explicit contents and on facebook that is impossible.I am aware that children are exposed to all sorts of inappropriate behavior on a daily basis, both through media and Internet.Unfortunately, that cannot be controlled, but their access to facebook can.Many children already have accounts, some even with parental permission.I believe that if children must have accounts it should be with maximum parental supervision.I am not a parent, but I have used Internet since I was six and have been a facebook user since the age of 13. I have had unpleasant experiences with many social networks and chat rooms(surely you must think those aren’t places for children, but I was curious, as any child is)

I must say the idea of facebook is fantastic, but facebook itself is often abused and children are the weakest and most easily influenced members of society.Therefore, we should be protect them where protection is needed and possible.Facebook may be available to them today, but why not force this great social network to change this and have a more strict privacy and access policy.

I personally think that Facebook is a not a good social networking site because it is a place where people can stalk you, and it is unsafe. When people first create a new Facebook account, and it asks you for all of your personal information such as your address, phone number, and email, people don’t usually think before submitting in the information. This is dangerous for kids and an easy way for a person to stalk you because they now know a lot about you, and how to contact you. Of course you can hide your profile and limit the access to certain people, but its not really the same once you submit the information.

Even though Facebook has an age restriction, people on the internet lie about their age and decide to make an account anyways. Sometimes people’s parents know what’s best and when they tell their kids that Facebook is not a safe networking site to be on, people go right ahead and make it anyways and sneak around on it hoping not to get caught.

I personally think that Facebook is a not a good social networking site because it is a place where people can stalk you, and it is unsafe. When people first create a new Facebook account, and it asks you for all of your personal information such as your address, phone number, and email, people don’t usually think before submitting in the information. This is dangerous for kids and an easy way for a person to stalk you because they now know a lot about you, and how to contact you. Of course you can hide your profile and limit the access to certain people, but its not really the same once you submit the information.

Even though Facebook has an age restriction, people on the internet lie about their age and decide to make an account anyways. Sometimes people’s parents know what’s best and when they tell their kids that Facebook is not a safe networking site to be on, people go right ahead and make it anyways and sneak around on it hoping not to get caught.

No kids should not have Facebook because it is very dangerous to give out information to Facebook because other people can see it. Kids also add random people that might stalk them so there is the danger of being stalked by a stranger. Kids can get cyber bullied online by their friends form school or stranger. There is the risk that anyone can see your profile and all you picture and do something with those pictures of you. I think that the age you should have Facebook is at age 11 and on, because i think you are old enough to know all the dangers of online accounts. There are way more examples i can give, but these are a few that are the most important. so i think that kids should not have Facebook accounts. For safety reasons.KA

Cannot focus on homework and other school activities that are done on the computer and people get sidetracked onto Facebook and don’t get work done

Kids are young and so are their minds. They don’t always know the right answers and though we need to let them learn that hard way sometimes, this might not be something you’d want to risk. I’ve known teenagers who have posted stupid things on Facebook that have lead to horrid outcomes. One person just stated their family was going on vacation and a facebook “friend” broke into their house and robbed them.

Facebook is also defaulted to give away the “round-about” location on where you are posting from. It may not be exact, but its something. This isn’t a punishment for a child, it’s a simple precaution.