It’s against Facebook policy for anyone under 13 to join the social network, but at least 7.5 million preteens are on the site. The massive number of young kids on Facebook is not only a parental quandary of the digital age, it has become a growing concern for lawmakers, advocacy groups, and for social media companies. The rise of young kids on social media has creating a hornets nest of problems from security issues to privacy concerns.
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All you have to do is change out one vice with age limits for another: Alternate Title: "[Alcohol]'s age limits pose a puzzle for parents" "All his friends were [drinking],'' said his mother, Gretchen Mercer, and she didn't see any reason why he shouldn't be [drinking], too. "Whenever I would hang out with my friends they would be like, 'I'm going to [have a beer],' and I would be the only person to say, 'Oh, I don't [drink beer],' '' said Kelly Jackson, who is now 13. About 80 percent of American teenagers who are online use [beer], according to the Pew Research Center, and that means that most parents will inevitably face questions from their children about [beer].
Not a quandary at all. Everyplace has rules, Facebook included; to be there one follows those rules. My kids were taught not to lie just to gain access and waited until they could honestly fill out their FB registrations. Parents, on the other hand, need to be parents and know how to say no instead of teaching their children to be dishonest, even in a trivial way such as this.
Very good parents, teach your children that rules are important, unless they are inconvenient. What's next. Provide the after prom alcohol in high school because everyone's doing it? Parents who ignore Facebook's rules show a real lack of understanding when it comes to computer safety.