Safety is and not a problem. You can leash out information but as long as you keep only friends you know outside of the computer and block everyone else, it's fine. It does have an age limit of I think 14 but many people fake their age. Do not be fooled by celebritys, they are normal people pretending to be Miley Cyrus and Nick Jonas. They are posers. It is rarely you will find the real person. I say its safe for 11 and over but their not even meant to have an account so I would leave it until they are old enough to have an account. Once they are older enough to have one, just leave another couple of years until you are sure the responsible enough to have an account. Keep double checking their friends and information though as you never know who they could add. Keep them under your thumbs!

You really need to be careful with websites like this, because privacy is a big issue! Cause' whatever you post on there you can take off! Like my friend got her facebook when she was 5! And it seemed like her parents did not really know about it That is why it is still really dangerous! Because what if sometihng happend...???

Facebook is an iffy site. It can be very useful, like meeting old friends and family to reconnect with them. On the other hand, it can be dangerous. Cyber bullying on social networking sites is very common, and it happens on Facebook at times. There can also be hackers. If you let your child on Facebook, be sure to tell them to only add people that they KNOW are their friends; they shouldn't really add someone they don't know. If your child is ever cyber bullied, you can block people and delete them from your child's Facebook page, which is another useful and helpful tool on Facebook. Like I said in the beginning, it can be helpful and useful. You just need to be careful about who your friends and what people are posting on their walls.

Like each social networking websites, you are responsible. Facebook's legal policy says that you must to be at least 13 years old to use it, but I disagree. The FTC COPPA law says, that users under 13 must receive a parental consent and have a bit of guidance. But Facebook stripped this and it makes me very annoying. Internet communication must be availiable for all ages, but Facebook disagreed. Everybody under 13 is trying to violate its legal policy. FTC COPPA law I support a bit. Facebook is not a dating website, not a porn website etc, but a bit suggestive content can appear. I know some underage children on Facebook, and they are very kind, yoi to kawaii desu ne....(sorry for Japanese, in english it will be "kind and cute"). They are not violators, not predators, nor bandits nor gangsters nor terrorists.... I better rate it high PG, or 9-10-11+.

I, myself have an account on facebook. Although it's a good site you have to be careful on it, especially since they keep changing the privacy settings. I think teens should only friends with people they know. If someone sends then a friend request that they don't know, they can simply ignore it. You can make your profile private so no one can see your posts. However, if you want to play games like FarmVille then a page will come up that says something like allow farmville to acess to your page or something. This means that they can see all your post and your friends and stuff, but this is the only way to play those games so safety can be an issue. But there are some good things. For example, if your friend is writing inappropriate comments you can block them or you can delete them as a friend. A good way to moinitor your child is by being friends with them so you can see there post. But I think only teens+ can be on this site (although you cant join until youre 13 but of course you can lie about your age). As long as your safe on Facebook it can be fun and enjoyable!

There comes a point in time where every teen will get a Facebook. It's just inevitable. The question is how early is too early.

I must say, in my one year on Facebook, I had not seen one of my 200 or so "friends" ("friend" used in the loosest interpretation of the word, more like "positive acquaintances/some friends/people you don't like, but they friended you anyway"): a) Give or receive cyber-bullying b) Get in any kind of danger as result of giving away too much information (at least, to the extent of my knowledge) I have however seen: a) Some rather curse-filled statuses (but seriously, if your kid is old enough to have a Facebook, than he/she should be old enough to know what the f-word is, and using it is not the automatic ticket to coolness) b) Horrible, horrible grammar of the first degree. c) A few statuses of a "questionable" nature (once again, if your kid is old enough to get a Facebook, he/she's old enough to know what those words are), hardly any photos though. Not saying that no bad stuff ever happens on Facebook, but I'm just going by my experiences on the site. I have, however: a) Been able to keep in touch with friends that either go to another high school or even live in another state so much more easily than I ever could with a phone. b) Been able to arrange/schedule "hang-out seshs" (hip terminology there for you grown-ups) mush quicker/easier than I could even dream of with my cell phone. So essentially, I find that the whole Facebook/social media scare is rather pointless and created by people who simply don't understand that something was not made with the intention to make kidnappings easier, but I guess that's how it always is with a new technology. So, yeah, I believe that if your kid seems healthy socially and is 13 at least, he/she should have a Facebook, considering it's probably going to replace the phone as the way most teens communicate, in my view at least. But what do I know? I don't friend the "morally corrupt" kids or the "stupid" kids (for the most part) on Facebook (and your kid probably shouldn't either). Oh, and "Facebook addiction" (we throw around the word "addiction" too much as a society) is much more rarer than it is made out to be. I find that for the most part, for every kid that spends half their non-school waking life on Facebook, there's one kid who checks the site for 30 minutes a day, at the longest, and still retains a pretty good social life outside of their computer screen. So in summary, Facebook is a pretty cool site. Not the best out their, but good when used for it's purpose. Best used in moderation. And it's negative aspects are over-inflated by the media. But once again, what do I know?

Two words: Privacy Control Do I have a Facebook account? Yep. If I had a child, would I let them have a Facebook account? Yep. Why? There are privacy controls. Monitor them if you have children on Facebook and they'll be fine. You can customize the controls anywhere from letting everyone see your entire profile to friends only. Personally I have mine set to friends only. This means nobody can see me in search results (except friends), nobody can see my photos, notes, groups, friends or any other personal information except the people I know in real life and decide to add to my friends list. Just monitor who your children add -- Someone posing to be 13 years old might not be 13 years old. You never really know who anyone is on the Internet, so I recommend only adding people you've actually met and trust. I have no clue why, but there seems to be an awful lot of drugs/alcohol posting on Facebook. It's definitely not Facebook's fault, but there are applications (kind of like plugins to your Facebook profile that are developed by third parties, NOT by Facebook) that let you send virtual beer to your friends, a Happy Hour application, Booze Mail and others and I've saw kids add these and send virtual items to each other of this nature. Nonetheless, with a little talk about internet security and not trusting everything and everyone you see, Facebook is a great alternative to other social networking sites like Myspace and Bebo that offer less security.

Facebook is popular to thousands of people so they can connect with friends and family, chat, play on applications, create groups and promote ads. But there are many issues regarding Facebook. Privacy and safety being one of them. Children as young as 8 are joining up to Facebook because it's got fun applications on it and they can chat to family and friends. Well it's not all fun and games. There are sexually intrigued people lurking around on Facebook pretending to be a young child when they could be an middle-aged man/woman. Also, there are sexual media being posted around Facebook contagiously like a virus which is also another problem because there are a lot of viruses on Facebook that may corrupt your computer/laptop. There's also heavy annoying ads that bother you when you don't need to be bothered, a lot of people using bad language such as f**k, s**t, c**t, b***h, b*****d, t**t, t*t, d**k, p*****t, p**** and p********e while there may be young children around, sexual behaviour such as sexual language and putting up sexual media and the main problem... violence. There's so much violence on Facebook it's unreal. People fight on applications, there's so much bullying going on between people's walls (they send nasty messages) and statuses, but most of all people attack where it hurts the most... the victim's inbox. It's like a Facebook war has broke out. But I must admit, I do have a Facebook account but I use it for family and friends communication purposes only along with applications to keep me entertained.