Comments on: Should Your 14 Year Old Be On Facebook?

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:45:24 +0000

I agree with Jonathan, just be patient amanda you’ll get it soon!!!!

By: Jonathan Flinsaf

Jonathan Flinsaf — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:42:40 +0000

I agree with you Amanda i think that your parents should give you a little bit of freedom. Tell Them about the privicy setting maybe that will ,ake them change their minds. If you are a teenager you are old enough and your parents should trust you since your older. Wait and do not harp on it otherwise you might get them annoyed!!! hope this helps

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:06:12 +0000

I am a teen and my parents will not let me get facebook i do not understand why they are so paranoid and protective when i choose who is on my contact list. If they are really worried i will give them my password and they can check my account. I can out my account on privite so only my contact list can see my profile. I don’t understand. All of my friends have facebook and i am in alot of their pictures already why does it matter if i make my own account??

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:03:11 +0000

Justin i agree with you as a teenager i think parents should trust us more. My parents won’t let me get a facebook account and all my friends have it i am on facebook from their pictures and i will be able to pick who can see my profile if i get a privite account. Also only i will be able to pick who os on my contact list so i do not understand why parents are so paranoid!!!!

By: Jonathan Fields

Jonathan Fields — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:39:26 +0000

Just point your parents over to this post, maybe it’ll help.

By: Why not

Why not — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:33:57 +0000

I am a Freshman in high school and i continuously ask my parents if i can get a facebook. I have straight A’s (and in some honor’s classes) and I’ve never done anything stupid that would make my parents not trust me. I am a very responsible kid and that’s why i cant just get a fake account. I need help! There are over a thousand kids in my grade and i need some way to keep in touch with them!!!

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:30:08 +0000

It’s always tough to figure out when the right moment is to let go. Your daughter will have to be responsible for herself someday – eventually she will grow into an adult and make an account without your permission being necessary. If she makes one now than you can keep an eye on it and she’s still under your protection. Maybe if it makes you comfortable you can give her a trial period where she has “her” Facebook account but she can only edit it and use it with you there to supervise. You can feel out the risks and utility involved together and when you feel she’s mature enough, give her the password and let her use it on her own.

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:25:48 +0000

I’m fifteen right now, and my parents and I had this exact discussion last year, in the end they told me flat out “NO!” they went through all the risks and dangers. But eventually I got sick of being the only one left out of what everyone was talking about and went ahead and made one anyway, without them even knowing. I felt guilty having to sneak around, so one day I just told them. They demanded I showed them it, and when I did they saw I didnt have anything “bad” on my facebook and I was just keeping in contact with friends and family. They were Ok with it after I had to give them the password so they could keep a “close-eye” on me. They’ve made an account themselves and are now on more then me. So, if parents don’t trust their children or let them have some freedoms, they are going to get to the point where they are decieving them and going to do it anyway.

By: michael whyte

michael whyte — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:47:59 +0000

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GO STEVE!! U KNOW WHAT IM SAYIN!

By: michael whyte

michael whyte — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:44:51 +0000

ummmm kids should have them. i mean, u adults r crazy. if u never let them get one theyll just get one later in life when ur not there. theyll just think “hey, i could never do anything when my parents were around, but now they re gone, so i can do watevr i want.” if u want to protect them, let them see wat its like 4 themselves. LEARN UR STUFF, PARENTS!