https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:34:54 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-686359 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:52:48 +0000 Pepper 686359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hope that any kind of social media involvement won't happen until 8th or 9th grade. So 14? And I will be monitoring all of that activity! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-686345 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:49:32 +0000 Honeybee 686345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: Hahaha! My kids are going to think I'm so strict! At least our kids will have each other to commiserate with! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-686343 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:49:14 +0000 Mrs Hedgehog 686343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If its up to Mr. Hedgie, already... seriously... He wants to make one for her to post updates for family and funny stuff she says/does. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-686337 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:47:41 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 686337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: We're going to be out of the loop and not even know how to get onto it. We'll be sure that it's all about sex, drugs and rock n roll. The kids will roll their eyes at us about how "square" we are... (and for that matter for using the word "square"). They'll all secretly sneak onto it on their phones and other mobile devices. And those of us who won't allow mobile devices will be especially hated and equated with those parents of our era who wouldn't let us wear make up or date until college.</p> <p>Awesome! I'm looking forward to it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-686314 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:40:43 +0000 Honeybee 686314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: Sigh, ain't that the truth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-686311 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:39:02 +0000 DillonLion 686311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Whatever social media site is the rage at that point, she can have an account. But I will have all log-in information and she shouldn't plan on posting anything that she doesn't want me to see. I don't plan on ever logging in and checking up on her, but if she knows I can log in at anytime, hopefully that will encourage her to behave. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-686305 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:37:37 +0000 lovehoneybee 686305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My niece is 12 and all of her friends have had one for at least a year. My SIL refuses to let her have one until she's 14 though. I think she's mature enough to have one now (and she has a twitter and IG already) but obviously I'm not her mom.</p> <p>As for DS we're just going to wait and see what's around when he hits his pre-teens. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-686242 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:21:40 +0000 littlebittyhouse 686242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: I agree with your 'more awful' assessment. not even looking forward to that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-686208 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:12:18 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 686208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think FB will be dead by then and we'll be on to something newer and more awful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-686162 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:54:23 +0000 MediaNaranja 686162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my niece has one and she's only 8 (maybe 9 now?)!! I don't get it! She just posts really silly things and "friends" anyone and everyone, it doesn't matter who they are. It seems like it would be SO easy for a sexual predator to get information out of someone so young.</p> <p>I personally would rather my kids not have one at all....like others have said, it will have probably gone by the wayside by then, only to replaced by a new, more intrusive form of social media.</p> <p>I am not a fan of social media in general...FB was useful for keeping up with family and sharing pictures when I live abroad, but TBH I don't really have much use for it now. I should probably just bite the bullet and shut it down alltogether. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-686157 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:52:23 +0000 swurlygurl 686157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think I would mind her having one when she asks for it (assuming she's a pretty good kid).<br /> If she's really young (before high school?), I will require that I have all the log-in info so I can check messages and anything else should I desire. I think once she gets older (sometime in high school?), I would give up the log-in info, but she would have to be friends with me, and not allowed to hide posts from me.<br /> My parents restricted 'popular' things from me, and it really bothered me. I was such a good kid, and suffered needlessly from their strict rules.<br /> As long as she's honest, respectful and not being inappropriate, I think I'll give her a pretty long leash </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-686153 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:51:40 +0000 lilteacherbee 686153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely not before 13. My 11 year old cousin has one and it bothers me. Of course, he also has an iPhone that he does whatever he wants on it without any sort of supervision. This is the same child that called me a "shithead" last weekend.... </p> <p>ANYWAY, it is scary to think about. I hope to do the best I can teaching my children about the Internet and how to treat others in general. However, I don't think a middle schooler has any business being on fb at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-686150 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:51:35 +0000 mrsjyw 686150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably never. And I hear that most young kids nowadays consider FB an archaic thing anyway so hopefully it won't be an issue! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-686143 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:49:11 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 686143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebittyhouse: agree.</p> <p>Bullying and inappropriate pics are my biggest concerns. I don't think highschookers completely grasp the ramifications of posting certain things as they attempt to enter college and the workforce. </p> <p>Stuff in cyberspace can follow or haunt people for a long time to come. You hear about some of these tween and teen suicides and the parents say the kids were even bullied on FB. Why did they have a FB account? At some point kids need a rest from things going on at school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-686140 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:48:18 +0000 pui 686140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Whatever social media is the hit at that time, I say 13 is the youngest I would let my kid have one.</p> <p>I started using the internet heavily around 11, although all I did was search for Sailor Moon pictures lol. Way before the days of social media. When I was 12/13 I started going on Yahoo chat though and met my first online friends. I did find a lot of creepos on there too, but even at that age I found them really easy to just ignore.</p> <p>I had my first email account when I was like 9. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-686138 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:48:01 +0000 MamaBehr 686138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think high school. High school for most things. But, children need to be educated on what is appropriate to put on the internet and what isn't. I can't believe what high school kids put on their facebook pages. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-686137 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:47:47 +0000 littlebittyhouse 686137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: UGH and then I'd have to worry about girls flashing my boy via video! Fun! NOT!</p> <p>DH and I talk about this all the time. We will not be letting him have a laptop in his room or cell phone with texting. Too much temptation and peer pressure. I know it seems strict but how else can you monitor? And really - what does a 14 yr old have to be texting about... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-686123 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:45:27 +0000 looch 686123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It depends on what's being used and how it is being used. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-686116 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:44:01 +0000 Bookish 686116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well I think the age limit on FB is like 14, so 14. Of course, in 14 years things will be much different, so who knows! That being said, any social media at all she WILL be friends with me, with the exception of blogging/journaling, because I have no problem with her having a private diary like I did as a teenager. I think it's dangerous for young kids to be exposed on the internet at such a young age, and I hope to teach her that having a looooong internet history is just not a good idea. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-686113 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:43:34 +0000 regberadaisy 686113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@prettylizy: @MamaMoose: even if FB dies you know there will be another social media platform. Probably in the form of video... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-686112 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:42:53 +0000 MamaMoose 686112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm hoping facebook dies before this is an issue!!! But not until high school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-686110 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:42:41 +0000 prettylizy 686110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When she gets to high school I think? Maybe facebook will have gone the way of Myspace by then? Dare to dream right? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-686108 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:42:25 +0000 regberadaisy 686108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebittyhouse: exactly! This is what I fear about FB and wish there is a parental control option. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-686101 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:41:14 +0000 littlebittyhouse 686101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>can I say never?</p> <p>Def not before 13 but I think that having an FB in middle school is still innappropriate. I still dont' love the idea of having one in High School but I get that it is what kids do now.</p> <p>What scres me is the sexual content, bullying, rumors. I hope to raise my child to treat others how he would like to be treated but I htink that social media makes that very very hard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-686095 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:39:06 +0000 HLK208 686095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably 14 and I'll be friends with them too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-686086 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:36:31 +0000 T.H.O.U. 686086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree, 13 or so sounds much more appropriate than 9. Its not so much I have an issue with them communicating with friends, its that you can't sensor/control the ads and other content posted there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-you-let-your-kids-have-a-fb-account#post-685970 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:30:00 +0000 regberadaisy 685970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think 13 for me and the requirements will be we have to be friends. </p> <p>My niece is 9 and her same age cousin has a FB account as do many of her friends. I just think it's ridiculous! Why does a 9 year old need a FB account?<br /> Like any kid she bothers my SIL sometimes about why she can't have a FB account too. I'm glad my SIL is standing her ground on this one. I personally feel 9 is WAY too young!</p> <p>Hopefully if FB sticks around that long they'll have an option of creating a parental control account for young teens.</p> <p>When will you let your child have a FB account? </p>