kjcandles

Do you have teenagers who use MySpace? What are your thoughts on this? Do you monitor at all? I do not let my girls use this, as far as I know they are not! Our one computer in the home is in the living room where everyone usually hangs out.

I was just looking at some feedback on this as I was thinking of using it myself for my candle business, but it seems wrong if I don't allow my girls to use it. They are 14 & 16.

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jtee

kjcandled, you should consider watching this PBS Frontline show. They talk about My Space.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kidsonline/

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Teresa

You're an adult, and if you choose to use it for your business, that's totally different that teenagers using it for socializing. You are older, and most likely more mature and responsible, and more aware of the dangers. My three have/have had MySpace and Facebook accounts....I have their passwords, I am one of their friends, and until they turn 18 I have the right to delete anything I deem inappropriate, or to delete the account entirely if they get in trouble more than twice.

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jenilouise

No MySpace for us. I had one and I cancelled my account to be fair. They don't get to have one and I don't have one.

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kjcandles

I appreciate everyone's comments.

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Aunt

My niece has both but I prefer facebook as it is a "nicer" neighbourhood so to speak. I would definitely make the child put all setings to private. Someone alos made the suggestion to me to take a look at your kids friends. I have done this and will continue to do this every so often. To me an outright ban makes it more tempting.
To be honest it seems my space is going out of vogue with the kids.

unmanaged

Myspace is not nearly as popular as it used to be, first of all. But right now I have something much more important to say. Most parents don't seem to understand that their children are PEOPLE. PEOPLE who are usually pretty ok. If you don't trust your children until they're 18 they will go into the world confused and iresponsible. Tell them to be careful, and to set their options to private, but don't ban it. You have a human being on your hands, you can't just control every inch of their lives.

jtee

This is a good point. If you over protect a child, then they struggle later in life learning lessons most people learn years earlier. Or, as often is the case, they over indulge in their 20s because mom and dad said "NO!" to everything during the teen years.