I admit I'm one of the biggest fans of Facebook. I use it for work, I use it for leisure, I use it about 8 hours a day. I think it is a great social and marketing tool and it is not one I would go without.
That means I'm not a child.
As much as I love Facebook, I have no debate skills to convince someone that Facebook is good for children, nor would I try. I can say is that I do not think that Facebook is bad for the kids.
Facebook is a tool. It is a social and marketing platform, it is software, data and small electronic impulses. It was built to connect people and a medium for communication. It is one thing and can not be alone either good or bad.
Facebook can connect to families who are separated. It can connect to the members over seas, or even to the parents live in another house. It has to communicate a clear and open way that benefits the children. Facebook also offers parents the opportunity to discuss safety issues and to talk about social responsibility or a good cyber-citizens.
It is an age limit on Facebook for a reason. Parents to ignore this age and help the children, their own sites before they are 13 have no place to complain about the negative effects.
It's not Facebook, what is bad is the way in which it is used the problem. There are dangers for children on Facebook. It is cyber-bullying, there are pedophiles, there are explicit content (even if they try to remove it quickly). There are all these things in the real world and on all social networking site.
Children must learn to work in the real world, but knowing the dangers and give your children free access to the platform is simply bad parenting. If you knew there was a sex-plague work in the local store, you would send your children there alone? Why is that children of all ages access to a platform where they could be exposed to or targeted?
A study in 2000 showed Envision 70% of children have accidentally stumbled upon Internet porn while researching on the Internet. The same study showed only 33% of households have filters to stop children's access to dangerous Web sites. 34% of teenagers indicate they do not talk to people, online, and 79% admit that they are not careful (2005 Pew Internet and American Life Project) on the release of their personal data. Perhaps a bigger problem that Facebook is, where are the parents? Why we are not monitoring, the children are talking to and what they are talking about?
Facebook is a network of adults who can responsibly make decisions, who they interact and the information they share. Children can not wait to make these decisions when they have no experience with the issues. Parents need to get to talk to their children about safety, privacy and responsible web. If these talks are too hard if you do not have time to monitor your child's Internet access vigilant, then your children has no place on Facebook or via the Internet at all. Facebook is not bad for children, irresponsible and self-indulgent parenting is bad for children.
That means I'm not a child.
As much as I love Facebook, I have no debate skills to convince someone that Facebook is good for children, nor would I try. I can say is that I do not think that Facebook is bad for the kids.
Facebook is a tool. It is a social and marketing platform, it is software, data and small electronic impulses. It was built to connect people and a medium for communication. It is one thing and can not be alone either good or bad.
Facebook can connect to families who are separated. It can connect to the members over seas, or even to the parents live in another house. It has to communicate a clear and open way that benefits the children. Facebook also offers parents the opportunity to discuss safety issues and to talk about social responsibility or a good cyber-citizens.
It is an age limit on Facebook for a reason. Parents to ignore this age and help the children, their own sites before they are 13 have no place to complain about the negative effects.
It's not Facebook, what is bad is the way in which it is used the problem. There are dangers for children on Facebook. It is cyber-bullying, there are pedophiles, there are explicit content (even if they try to remove it quickly). There are all these things in the real world and on all social networking site.
Children must learn to work in the real world, but knowing the dangers and give your children free access to the platform is simply bad parenting. If you knew there was a sex-plague work in the local store, you would send your children there alone? Why is that children of all ages access to a platform where they could be exposed to or targeted?
A study in 2000 showed Envision 70% of children have accidentally stumbled upon Internet porn while researching on the Internet. The same study showed only 33% of households have filters to stop children's access to dangerous Web sites. 34% of teenagers indicate they do not talk to people, online, and 79% admit that they are not careful (2005 Pew Internet and American Life Project) on the release of their personal data. Perhaps a bigger problem that Facebook is, where are the parents? Why we are not monitoring, the children are talking to and what they are talking about?
Facebook is a network of adults who can responsibly make decisions, who they interact and the information they share. Children can not wait to make these decisions when they have no experience with the issues. Parents need to get to talk to their children about safety, privacy and responsible web. If these talks are too hard if you do not have time to monitor your child's Internet access vigilant, then your children has no place on Facebook or via the Internet at all. Facebook is not bad for children, irresponsible and self-indulgent parenting is bad for children.
