[joonzgurl]

How "lax" are you when it comes to facebook and your kids? Do you post a lot of photos and videos, etc, or are you more reserved about it?

[*Jennifer*]

Dh and I don't have a facebook account and I really don't want Billy to have one either when he is older. All of our family lives nearby so we really have no reason to set one up. I would hope Billy would make friends at school and through activities. He can communicate with his friends the old fashioned way - face-to-face. We will see what I think about it when he is older, though.

[breathing for two]

I post a lot, mostly because my parents live a ways away, and none of my close friends live near me.
Plus, my kids are super cute and I like to show them off.

[ashj_1218]

I post a lot of pictures. Not videos. But I keep family updated through Facebook. But my page is on high security settings and I also know everyone who is my friend personally. I am not a super-paranoid Internet person, so I don't mind having my kids pictures out there. I know there are creepy people, but I just use common sense and precautions (not announcing where we live, when we are out of town, etc) and go from there.

I am sure my kids will have social media at an earlier age than I did (which was around age 20). But I won't let them have a page until they can display reponsibility with it and show me thy understand the dangers of putting information into cyberspace. Plus, it will be ultimately controlled by me and DH until they are older. I don't have an exact age in mind, maturity plays a big roll as well. I expect their first ventures into it will be with kids thy meet at school or sports and that they will interact with them on other levels, besides just online. But I am happy to let them connect with their cousins online, since we only see them twice a year.

[spicymustard]

I post pics of my kids. My page is friends only. Since I teach I want to make sure students can't get on my page.

[alwayssmile]

I regularly post pictures and video on my FB page. It is locked down as much as one can be for FB () and everything is set to friends only. We don't live near friends and family, so for many FB allows them to stay up to date (and answers the popular question of "where are you living this month?" lol). I am also picky about who I friend.

[HappyHippy]

I post a lot of photos, a few videos. While I see friends often other family and friends don't get to see my kids often. This way they can watch them grow.

[*Jennifer*]

I think I am just paranoid about FB. At what age would it be appropriate for your kid to have a FB account, given that their friends and family all live nearby?

[angelsailor288]

Originally Posted by breathing for two

I post a lot, mostly because my parents live a ways away, and none of my close friends live near me.
Plus, my kids are super cute and I like to show them off.

Ditto

[HappyHippy]

I think I will let them have one at 16 years old.

[KiwiMommy]

I have a FB page that I post pictures on pretty regularly, and videos whenever I feel like posting those. It's private and I'm picky about who I friend and what they see.
As for the kiddos getting something like a facebook, I'll probably allow it with me as a friend when they are 14-15ish. Same age as I was when I got a myspace (and I was careful about who I friended and everything was private. My mom wasn't my "friend" either, though)
I know people who's kids are 8 or 9 and have a FB.. I would never ever allow that under any circumstance. At 8 or 9 my child would only have a small amount of internet time on my approved websites. They won't have a cell phone either.. LOL I know kids who have phones at that age and I see no need.

[Jule'sMomInOR]

Originally Posted by HappyHippy

I post a lot of photos, a few videos. While I see friends often other family and friends don't get to see my kids often. This way they can watch them grow.

Ditto.

[miamor]

i dont even have a facebook. i think i'm paranoid about that stuff..i had a girl stalk me in 'real life' once and i've had people brings things up they found on me after googling my name and things like that. i'm not very comfortable with it. my husband has one and will post pictures of carlos sometimes but he has high security settings set too. my mother has one and doesn't set her security high and i ask her not to post pictures of me or my son on hers. i think it pisses her off, but i dont really care. if she wants to share pictures of him with my aunt or family, she can email them.

[ashj_1218]

I agree with the 16 age for my kids having one. And it will only be after they prove they can handle it. I have twin cousins who have had one since they were 12 and I couldn't believe the stuff they put on there...I called my aunt several times about the content they were sharing. Thankfully, they matured and the content is more appropriate now. But gosh, that stuff doesn't go away.

The only people who post pictures of my children are me, DH, and my mom (whose page I set up and has high security settings as well). Although I know a few friends have tagged me in pics of my children. Sometimes I untag myself, sometimes I dont.

[alwayssmile]

I can't really say if or when I'd let my kids have FB or such since I'm pretty sure it'll be a lot different by that point than it is now. Also depends on the kid. My parents had no regulations on me and even let me have a computer in my room with internet in high school. My sister who is currently 18? Yeah, she's a bit more scattered and lacking in common sense and she has a password on the computer she's allowed to use so that she can only access the computer when one of my parents is around. They tried to give her free access and she blew it. Lord knows what Aiden and other kids may be like!

[mamma_anna]

Facebook confuses me. I've never really been able to figure it out and don't really see the point in starting now. (I know.... I'm old. What can I say? )

Rick has a facebook account that he uses rarely and has I'm sure the highest security settings. He's really paranoid about internet security stuff. He really doesn't want any pictures of the girls or any of our private info (last name, phone #, address etc.) online but he understands its kind of unavoidable these days. He's even uncomfortable with me shopping online. (of course I do it anyway) I'm suprised he's okay with me being on JM.

Meg has a facebook account that she sort of shares with Abbey. I'm not that worried about them having one because I know they're really responsible and with Rick monitoring everything they do I know they won't do anything dumb or unsafe.

Kayla and Ellie will probably get one around the time they start high school. I'm sure it won't be any sooner than that.

[Purrrrrrr]

I post a lot because, like others, I don't have much family near by.

As for when I'll let him have a facebook account... eh... I'd rather him not have one until he's college age. I wish there was a facebook specifically for kids 10-17. Who knows what sites we'll have when he's old enough for social media? Whatever the case, I'll be monitoring his usage, daily. Kids lack foresight and often the ability to control their emotions, so I'd want to make sure he understands the permanence of the internet and monitor his posts so he doesn't fall into the trap many kids do and post in anger.