kids on facebook

i create my baby an account and i love seeing her there. and one purpose of it is for my mother to see her grandchild :)

You are NOT allowed to have an account if you are under 13 (I think that even that is too young). The Terms of Service are QUITE clear about that. If you know of anyone who has a Facebook account who is under 13, then I think that should be reported. Facebook is NOT for kids. There are plenty of sites suitable for 7 year olds where they can play games (which, I imagine, is what they want to do).

I don't believe that facebook is for young children. I think your niece would quickly become bored with the site because she is so young so why put her at potential risk for something she will get no benefit from. My children are grown but if I had a young child that child would not have a facebook account.

i have a facebook account and it is not easy to use... so i would say no...

7 years old is to young for a social networking site. When my children were in their teens I allowed them to get on some sites but the stipulation was that I would have access to all passwords and I would be able to view their sites at anytime. I didn't actually view their sites a lot. I might have checked in once a week or so. But by agreeing to those terms they were careful about what they were posting and what was going on online.

I have a 7 yr old son and he is not allowed to create a facebook account until he is 14 yrs old. My husband and I feel he is too young.

Hi juice kodai: I think you are right. Facebook is not for kids, because they would be exposed to meet strange people that would add them as a friends and you'll never know what do they really want to do with your children and second, because some of the Facebook groups are not the right places for kids. Thanks for asking us this question. Have a nice day. ALVARO.

My 8 year old newphew has facebook- and he is a very young 8 year old too, very immature. I also have a 10 year old niece who has facebook but she is extremely mature. I dont think kids should have facebook UNLESS they are mature and KNOW not to add people they do not know, only to speak to family and school friends, never to accept a friend request from anybody tey don't know, even if they claim to be their friends mother or father (let's face it, kids parents are not always innocent). And to be very careful about the infomation they put on facebook!!! A lot of children dont think about security and wouldnt think twice about putting their address openly out there and then stating when they are going on holiday fro 2 weeks and the house will be empty...!!! Then again I also know adults who do the same! I certainly wont let my kids use facebook until they are responsible enough to know not to be stupid on there. My best friends sister met a man on facebook- she was 13, he was 17- she met up with him telling her mum she was at a friends house, when infact she had gone all the way to a big city she didnt know, to meet this man she had met who she didnt know, she ended up well I wont go into it...but you get the picture. And when her mum found out she went crazy, blocked her internet usage and stopped her using her phone. This would terrify me about my kids using facebook or to be honest any aspect of the internet without me knowing what they were up to...and now with this Windows 7, you can even stop people accessing what you were doing online...!!!

I think you ought to read the discussion I started called FACEBOOK USERS BEWARE

A 7 year old on Facebook, My Space or any other Social site like that is a recipe for disaster. To many parents do not seem to realize that children on such places is a red flag to pedophiles. It is much better to keep your niece to age appropriate sites and to closely monitor her computer time for her own safety.