Joy

Yes it is 14, but there are TONS of younger kids with them as well.

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Amber

I'm not sure. The only reason I knew this was because I had heard a story the other day about a 14yr old girl who was sexually molested by some man she had met on myspace and her parents were trying to sue to hold myspace liable for it.

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meow_173

And thats exactly why if kids are going to have myspace or Facebook, parents need to either monitor their activies to a certain extent, or caution them about talking/meeting people on the net

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HappyMomma

Sue myspace? And WHERE were the parents during her myspace activity?

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Amber

Exactly. I think if they're going to sue anybody, they ought to sue their brains for nonsupport. Everyone knows not to let your children on myspace, or the internet in general, unsupervised.

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FooserX

Knowing what I know about online social sites, and how affectionate and sexual people can get (even non-pedophiles)…I wouldn’t let my kid have a myspace page at all – monitored or not.

I like the idea of privacy, and don’t think the world needs to see what my kid is thinking 24/7. Asides from that…myspace is good for very little. If he’s spending time socializing on the net…he could be studying, playing sports, doing extra curricular activities, etc. Myspace just promotes cliques, being in the “in” crowd and pointless socializing. At least with TV, they can learn something…or videogames they can be competitive.

jtee

We do monitor it, and the only "Friends" she has are kids we know go to her school. She can't have virtual friends from far off places. She has gotten invites from unknown people, but she knows to reject them.

Not sure what we are going to do since the policy is 14 years old. There are couple of Teen sites she wants to join because a few of her friends go there, but we won't let her sign up until she turns 13.

Aunt

I have a 12 yr old with one. But i find I prefer facebook as it is naturally a bit moe naturally geared toward privacy and tends to be a little more tasteful

Teresa

In our family, 16.....and I have the password, and the right to delete content OR the entire account.

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PennQuaker09

Honestly, I don't like it much at all really. I don't see myself allowing my kids to post pictures of themselves on the internet. It makes me extremely uncomfortable.

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