Ron Huxley's ParentingToolbox.com » social networking http://www.parentingtoolbox.com Working with parents to find more joy in their relationships with each other and their children! Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:36:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Should you let your child have a FaceBook account? http://www.parentingtoolbox.com/2009/12/27/should-you-let-your-child-have-a-facebook-account/ http://www.parentingtoolbox.com/2009/12/27/should-you-let-your-child-have-a-facebook-account/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:19:40 +0000 Ron Huxley

Over the holidays we visited various friend and families and I noticed two things about this issue: One was that our friends small children are no longer small. They are big teenagers! Second, was that some parents allowed their teens to have FB accounts and some didn’t. What are your thoughts about this? If teens are allowed to update and tweet, etc. what rules should there be about it?

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clipped from www.parentopia.net

On Being Facebook Smart
My rules were simple:
1. You must friend me. Not because I am lonely, if you’ve noticed I have over 500 of my own friends, you need to friend me if you want to be on Facebook.
2. I must know your password. Granted I will also have to write it down and I promise not to show it to your little brother. but you still need to give it to me. If you change it, you must give me the new one. And again, I will not share that information with your brother.
3. For my part, I promise not to abuse my power. I will not sign into your account without your knowledge.
4. Believe me, I know your friends will use language I prefer you not use.
With teens I tend to lean toward the “less is more” when it comes to words, yet at the same time I make sure I’m packing plenty of information in what I do say.
clipped from thethinkingmother.blogspot.com
My one reservation is the issue of the kids not understanding the ramifications of their actions. I worry about impulsive posts and not understanding the weight of what gets posted.
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