Facebook, Friendster, Multiply account for kids... do you think it is good?...

I wouldn't do this but I have seen people who have. I am not yet a parent but I would much rather chronicle my child's life on paper as I feel it's much more precious then an online site that can suddenly crash or that you forget the password and email address on. Also, if these things happen you would lose precious memories that you had not chronicled or noted on any other means. If anything a floppy disk or c.d. rom would be better, but to each their own. Of course the person who did do this had it on private as I noted above. Have a lovely day!

i have four children and they ahve friendster account. i am the one who made their accounts. so i have access to go in and out their accounts. i think we need to supervise what they are doing. it is a jungle out there in the cyber world and we need to take care of our children. my youngest is 12 and i made her. her own account of friendster. most of my cousins had made a friendster account for their children as young as 3 months. if you know se7enthbird here at mylot his son has his own friendster and it is cute. why not try you can delete it if you dont find it cool or cute

Hi aseretdd, I guess it is okay as long as you will just set it as private, can be accessed by friends only...It will be great and I have seen a lot of my friends who are doing that!

I don't have a social networking account for my son but we do have a blog instead. Because we live so far away from immediate family, we set up a website on the adventures of our son since he was a baby and it's still ongoing (since 2003). Most of my husbands family keep in touch with us that way and a few friends as well. Not many people know the link but all it takes is googling his name and you come across it.

I don't see any harm if you know your friends on there. I would be nervous about something like that. There are just too many pedophiles in this world. I wouldn't want them even looking at my kids. Maybe I'm just too much of a worrier!

If I had kids I would be nervious to let out any personal information about them even if its privet. You just can't trust anybody. I don't even have a myspace formyself.

not yet a parent, but just like you I don't think that its appropriate to create something like this for your child. Its not something that she can appreciated and I think this may cause some danger..you'll never know.

honestly, i dont think its a good idea because i have tried to make an account on facebook for my 11 year old and she is too young to have one. (which i think is good) with all the crap that is on the net today, why start them that early? why not just start a blog and blog her life? (you or even him for that matter??!!)

If it is a private account with password access only to family and close friends, it is probably an excellent idea, but one needs to be very careful not to expose personal details about a young one (or anyone else for that matter) to the internet "community" at large as there are some very scary and rutheless people out there.

Hello aseretdd, I, myself don't even know about Facebook, Friendster or Multiply. Well, I heard about them before but I am not really interested to know more. I am not too sure why. I don't know how it works, so I can't share anything with you. Just wondering... for what reason a two years old kid needs to be a member of social networking? Maybe you should help me to understand better *smiles*

I've seen it done on Friendster and I think it's cute. They get to share their child with their friends and relatives. Everyone was delighted. I suppose it's alright to do it. Cheers!!

Hi there! We just have the same concern about this. My two teens (boy & girl)are currently having accounts with Friendster and I began to be impatient about the idea. At first I thought it was just okay, just some kind of socializing or keeping in touch with friends especially from afar. But lately, when I observed that they have been hooked to the community, my husband and i are nagging them already about it. I now don't think it's good to let our kids join in social networking sites like the ones you mentioned because they surely grab study time of kids. When my kids begin to browse for some research topics on the web, it really irk me to see them open the tab for Friendster because I am sure, they would be spending more time with the site than browsing for more valuable topics. Maybe in the near future I would ban my kids from going into these sites. Thanks for opening up the discussion, this surely guides many. Happy posting!

I think its very early for her to have it besides she's very young then. Maybe u can have a scrapbook or a cd to file-up all about her. For me i want my own kid to have his/ her own privacy, though im not a parent yet.. but still the end decision still yours... take care

for a 2 year old it's ok.... it is the easiest way and the most convenient for your close friends and family who lives far from you to be updated on how your daughter is doing and what she looks like. Just make her account private =) That way only a choosen few can view them... in fact in friendster album you can lock the album for certain people to view them not all your friends can... it depends whom you are going to approve =) to view the lock album they need your approval