While Bebo is great in enabling people to stay in contact with friends and family members, parents need to be actively supervising their child's use of it. Parents should first be aware that though one must be 13 to have a homepage, all that is required is a birthdate, meaning that children younger then 13 are easily able to sign up by simply lying about the year they were born in. Parents should also be aware of things such as the Daily Babe application, in which the person who has added the application is sent a photograph of a young woman who they then rate according to looks. Most of the photographs are rather pornographic, meaning your 13 year old can now quite easily access porn daily. Users are also able to put "stickers" on their homepage, which are pictures of often quite sexual and/or violent content. And Bebo is a prime location for cyber bullying. It's a great social networking site, and can be heaps of fun for teenagers, it just needs a lot of parental guidance.
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Like all social sites, some iffy content is here.
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for Ages 16–18
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About Bebo
Parents need to know that although this social networking site is open to anyone 13 and up, it's primarily geared toward college kids, and young teens shouldn't be roaming around. There's a lot going on on this award-winning social networking site -- including sexual slang, pics with underage drinking or suggestive images, mentions of suicide, cartoon graphics of guns, and links to iffy content, just to name a few. Kids can also chat with each other in real time with Bebo's AIM. There are a lot of ads and it's quite confusing to distinguish between free user sites and commercial featured sites. The good news? Kids can make their profile only accessible to friends and family. And, they can block or report people to make things safer.
Read our full review by Dana Villamagna
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about Internet safety and commercialism. What personal information is okay to post online? Also, which home pages are created specifically to sell you something, like the new Bratz movie or a band's latest album?
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- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
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I rate this title on for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:- Excessive consumerism
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- I rate this title for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
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it's for teens not for kids
it is sometimes hard to be a teen
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perfect for teens ,but not for kings
ilove to play basketbal ihate bullies
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