Hellobee Boards Topic: At what age will you allow your LO to have a social media account?

Hellobee Boards Topic: At what age will you allow your LO to have a social media account? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:10:40 +0000 PurplePeony on "At what age will you allow your LO to have a social media account?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-will-you-allow-your-lo-to-have-a-social-media-account#post-1509994 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 18:53:57 +0000 PurplePeony 1509994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Ugh...never? I keep hoping social media will die down before she's old enough to want to use it, but I know that's probably wishful thinking. snowjewelz on "At what age will you allow your LO to have a social media account?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-will-you-allow-your-lo-to-have-a-social-media-account#post-1509918 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 18:39:38 +0000 snowjewelz 1509918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm afraid to answer bc who knows that the social media landscape will look like 10+ years from now! ETA: I know two parents who have FB accounts for their kids and update on behalf of them! Silva on "At what age will you allow your LO to have a social media account?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-will-you-allow-your-lo-to-have-a-social-media-account#post-1509795 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 18:17:21 +0000 Silva 1509795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We haven't discussed it, but if I had to say today....probably 13, as long as we have the username/passwords until maybe age 16. Assuming that she is on top of her responsibilities. And we will continue to limit screen time until she's out of our house. shinymama on "At what age will you allow your LO to have a social media account?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-will-you-allow-your-lo-to-have-a-social-media-account#post-1509786 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 18:15:21 +0000 shinymama 1509786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My 12 year old has been asking for an Instagram account for about a year - apparently ALL of his friends have one. Not happening anytime soon. HabesBabe on "At what age will you allow your LO to have a social media account?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-will-you-allow-your-lo-to-have-a-social-media-account#post-1509740 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 17:56:22 +0000 HabesBabe 1509740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Kimberlybee: Um, I had MySpace AND Friendster before that. Yikeessss... I think the thing now are those texts/pics that self-delete after a few seconds, or there's an anonymous group chat app, too. Charm54 on "At what age will you allow your LO to have a social media account?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-will-you-allow-your-lo-to-have-a-social-media-account#post-1509723 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 17:51:06 +0000 Charm54 1509723@https://boards.hellobee.com/ High school Running Elley on "At what age will you allow your LO to have a social media account?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-will-you-allow-your-lo-to-have-a-social-media-account#post-1509720 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 17:50:46 +0000 Running Elley 1509720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ High school I think. There will definitely be restrictions though. Kimberlybee on "At what age will you allow your LO to have a social media account?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-will-you-allow-your-lo-to-have-a-social-media-account#post-1509711 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 17:49:14 +0000 Kimberlybee 1509711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @HabesBabe: @MoonMoon: Yes! My nieces and nephews have FB but just to look at family pictures. They never post anything now and said it's for OLD people. LOL I wonder if there is a secret under the radar social site we don't know about? Did y'all ever a MySpace account? That was so fun but has gone with the wind. Mrs. Pickle on "At what age will you allow your LO to have a social media account?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-will-you-allow-your-lo-to-have-a-social-media-account#post-1509705 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 17:47:45 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1509705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ High school. I wonder what social media will be like then. MrsH on "At what age will you allow your LO to have a social media account?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-will-you-allow-your-lo-to-have-a-social-media-account#post-1509698 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 17:46:27 +0000 MrsH 1509698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ When they can understand consequences and post responsibly - so 30?! HabesBabe on "At what age will you allow your LO to have a social media account?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-will-you-allow-your-lo-to-have-a-social-media-account#post-1509682 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 17:40:03 +0000 HabesBabe 1509682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Kimberlybee: YES! this is what I'm hoping, too. Even now, the younger generation is starting to get rid of Facebook accounts because mom, dad, aunts & uncles, even grandma is on it. Not so cool anymore. MoonMoon on "At what age will you allow your LO to have a social media account?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-will-you-allow-your-lo-to-have-a-social-media-account#post-1509519 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:55:57 +0000 MoonMoon 1509519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Kimberlybee: that's really what I hope too! Hopefully they'll associate social media and oversharing with their parents' generation and not have any interest. mrsjyw on "At what age will you allow your LO to have a social media account?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-will-you-allow-your-lo-to-have-a-social-media-account#post-1509507 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:53:22 +0000 mrsjyw 1509507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ High school Kimberlybee on "At what age will you allow your LO to have a social media account?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-will-you-allow-your-lo-to-have-a-social-media-account#post-1509503 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:51:27 +0000 Kimberlybee 1509503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Hopefully, it will all die out and seem old school. I'd rather them use video chats or FaceTime so I can see who they are talking to and they're actually talking. :grin: I don't know yet but my nieces and nephew had FB ever since they were 10ish. The requirement was to hand over their password though. And they are all over Instagram so I hate that I can't vent about them anywhere! (Except HelloBee) Greentea on "At what age will you allow your LO to have a social media account?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-will-you-allow-your-lo-to-have-a-social-media-account#post-1509493 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:47:42 +0000 Greentea 1509493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 18 :silly: NurseMommy on "At what age will you allow your LO to have a social media account?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-will-you-allow-your-lo-to-have-a-social-media-account#post-1509465 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:39:25 +0000 NurseMommy 1509465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ i.e. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter? I was just thinking about this for some reason, although it is certainly a ways off for us yet. Any parents of older LOs encounter them wanting them yet?