Parents who have full access to their kid's Facebook account?

[StrayMagnet]

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I see your way (teens) you all want your privacy, you want to be responsible but face it.. Kids are still kids. and Will do stupid things.. and us parents are leagly responsible for you untile your turn 18.. so if you screw up and do something.. WE are RESPONABLE. My oldest is 13 and he has no PC access like i said. No Phone and will never have one untile he's able to pay the bill.. on his own. sorry just how it is. he complains his friends all have phones.. and I say "Good for them" I see no good reason for a teen under 16 (if they have a job) to even have a phone.

 

[call ducks]

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Yes but it's not my pervicy! i am worried about! I am worried about OTHERS privicay that have TURSTED me With THERE privicay.

 

[Chickie Mamma]

My kids are not teens yet. My daughters are 11 & 9 and the oldest asks for her own account already on Facebook. She is allowed to go under my account to play games and chat with her friends from school. I do check her Ipod touch for who she has Face-Timed and sent messages to. I am not extremely "strict" for the most part, but from what I have seen over the years, Facebook can be a very dangerous place for teens and even for immature adults. When the internet first got popular and talking and meeting people from all parts of the world was common, I was one of those dumb teens that trusted someone enough to meet them face to face.. I was lucky I didn't turn out in a body bag! Online is the easiest way for predators to contact children, teens and even adults. If my girls have something to hide from me, it can't be good, and if I found out they made fake accounts etc.. EVERY Facebook account, XBox live account, and I pod Touch would be history! There are sick people out there, and if they cannot respect and understand its all for their safety, they are not responsible enough to have the access.

 

[call ducks]

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You now have to be of legal age to have a FB account last time i checked. Also just FYI. If your doughters would like to at any time join a forum email the forum and ask what they do about COPPA.

if you are under 13 in the US (and any site hosted in the US falls under this) they need parents permssion to join. Or they may not be allowed to join at all. it just depends.

 

[NGT ANGL]

My son is now 22. I have always been very open and upfront with him. He knew what my expectations and limits were because I kept the lines of communication open in all areas. I did not have those expectations or set those limits because I am mean or tried to pry into his personal life. I was his age once and while some things have changed (technology for example) some things will always remain the same - so I have been there, done that. Trust and respect are earned, not given, and the more I trusted him and the decisions he made, the more priviledges were given - like an internet connection on his computer in his room. We discussed what was acceptable usage and what was not. He accessed a site that wasn't acceptable per our initial discussion, I found out about it (overheard he and a friend talking) and I took the internet connection off of his computer and he had to use mine for quite a long time until I felt I could trust him again. He got very angry with me but I pointed out that his anger should be directed at himself not me - he knew the rules up front and it was he that broke those rules so he lost his priviledge as was agreed to in our talk about acceptable usage. In black and white, this all may sound harsh and mean but in reality, my son and I have a very wonderful and loving relationship! Low and behold, the older he has gotten and more he has matured and experienced things, the more he understands that I wasn't being mean to him when he was younger - I just loved him very much and only wanted him to be safe.

 

[Chickangel79]

What do you parents do about mobile phones and internet access ?? They are mini computers now, and surely you can't be breathing down their neck when they are using it?

 

[Chickangel79]

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You now have to be of legal age to have a FB account last time i checked. Also just FYI. If your doughters would like to at any time join a forum email the forum and ask what they do about COPPA.

if you are under 13 in the US (and any site hosted in the US falls under this) they need parents permssion to join. Or they may not be allowed to join at all. it just depends.

Easy. A change of dob and you are in.....

 

[call ducks]

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I don't have a smart phone nor do i want one (if i want a computer i want a computer if i want a phone i want a phone but i do not want both in one

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but i watch my "peers" and there parents do nothing to monitar or watch them nutting zip zaadaa! My parents kind of "watch" what i am doing. iif they come by when i am dealing with a page with personal info i just switch tabs so they can not see the info (not trying to take privicay protection sersioly)

 

[call ducks]

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You now have to be of legal age to have a FB account last time i checked. Also just FYI. If your doughters would like to at any time join a forum email the forum and ask what they do about COPPA.

if you are under 13 in the US (and any site hosted in the US falls under this) they need parents permssion to join. Or they may not be allowed to join at all. it just depends.

Easy. A change of dob and you are in.....

Heheh yes but if some admins find out they would ban the child ( to protect the child and them selfs...) Anyways i know kids that would do sutch things these days. I don't get it but then again i am not a tipcial teen

 

[Sword]

My mom knows my e-mail address password, because we were signing up for college an such and she wanted to make sure I didn't forget to do anything important (online applications are a pain). I haven't changed the password since then, so she could still check if she wanted to. I don't care, I've got nothing to hide.