My 2 year old uses the computer!!
As for Facebook. Kameron who is 8 has never asked for a page. I let him play some of my games on my own Facebook page, and as many of my friends have seen Ashton my 2 year old has changed my Facebook status many times LOL.
I will not let them have their own page till they are old enough to do so within the Facebook rights.
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You think that's bad... An aquaintance has a 10 year old girl who has a FB account. I know the girl and had a look at her profile (which was public might I say) and it had that she was interested in Men, and that she was 'in a relationship'I said to DH that I couldn't understand how her parents, who are on FB and friends with her,would let her have that, let alone allow her to have her profile public
That reminded me. My friend's DD was also 10 at the time and she has a FB page. She was a fan of "foreplay" Another friend also saw it and told my friend. She was horrified. I ended up pulling her DD aside (with her mum's permission) and asking her in private if she knew what Foreplay was. She said she didn't. I told her that her mum had logged into her account and removed all the fan pages that are not for age limit.You think that's bad... An aquaintance has a 10 year old girl who has a FB account. I know the girl and had a look at her profile (which was public might I say) and it had that she was interested in Men, and that she was 'in a relationship'
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I let my kids use the net and play online games on sites recommended by their school as well as the odd FB one as well as the arcade here, but I would never let them have a FB page just because there is so much crap advertised, not to mention dodgy sites they could click on downloading who knows what viruses on the computer. There just isn't a need for them to have it as they need to learn how to form RL social networks before they worry about online ones.
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My 7 year old daughter can work her way around a computer better than most adults I know. She can make all sorts of creations and stories and pictures and things is WORD 2007 version, can type letters, play games, do it all
They do all this kind of stuff at school. I don't see anything wrong with a seven year old using a computer!
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I created a join account for my DD who is 9. She has being on it since she was 8. My reasons behind it was so she could keep in contact with her Dad and his family which she rarely see's or hears from and that way she still have some form of relationship with them. She is closely monitored and has time limits (usally no more then 5-10mins). As its both our names on it and we both know the password I can see what she writes and who her friends are and won't let her confirm many people that request to be friends. For our situation I find it the best for all of us. She can keep in contact with the other side of the family who I can't stand, it means she has some form of relationship with them and they can't accuse me of denying them some sort of relationship with her. It has being the best solution for all of us. She has several friends on it her age and her cousins on her other side who are younger.
As for being on the computer I think its vital for their education and kids these days know there way around a computer better then a lot of adults. You do have to be very carefull. I once found my daughter laughing at a video clip on youtube of a lady giving a man a headjob. She didn't know what they were doing but thought it was funny all the same. She typed in something and somehow got that clip. And that was with me being in the same room so even with netnanny and other child protection software they can come across adult only stuff.
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