Facebook. What age?

[Feijoa Mum]

I told my oldest two boys when they asked for one (then aged 14 and 12) that they needed to write me a proposal outlining why they wanted a FB account and what they saw as their responsibilities should they get one.
That was too much hard work so I managed to put it off for another 6 months at cause they are lazy buggars

Master C was the first to crack and wrote up his proposal which we then added rules to, to make it into a contract. Rules such as, had to be friends with parents, parents have passwords, only one account to be had - stops having the secret naughty one that Mum and Dad wouldnt like, no adding random people, be mindful of what you are posting, comments etc.
Master K has since done his too with the same rules. We did have a few issues with not logging out properly at friends houses so been hacked which resulted in losing access for a week. I dont appreciate having how much my son loves penis plastered all over my news feed as im sure his grandmother doesnt either

All in all I dont have a problem with it except for the amount of time they are consumed by it (I have been known to lose a fair bit of time to it myself though) but it is also a fantastic bribing and blackmail tool. Nothing gets a teenager out of bed faster than threatening to take unflattering morning photos and tagging him in them

[Heaven]

Not until they are like 16 or something. I don't see the need for it. And I see what my young cousins get up to on there. No thanks! Not happening!

[Liz]

I don't know. Not until they are responsible enough to understand it properly. Just being their friends on there doesn't help you keep an eye on their account, you'd have to have their login. There's too many ways to hide stuff on your feeds, like lists and private groups. It's in the too hard basket for me... will think about it when they reach teenage years I guess! I don't think we're the types to ban it tho, we're all for educating our kids how to use the internet and do it safely.

I know someone who checks their son's phone bills and asks about numbers they don't recognise. I said to them 'you do realise that most people text each other over IM apps, so the phone bill isn't a reliable way of seeing who they're texting'. She obviously hadn't thought of that, and looked a bit freaked out!

[Jewel]

I'll be waiting till high school too. 13yrs at least, preferably older. We'll see when the time comes I guess.

[Jaycee]

Probably 13 - with supervision.

I know someone who has made an account each for her 4 and 2 year old