TOPIC: Social Networking and Today's Youth
Many social networking sites set age restrictions (most often 13+). Children ignore these age requirements, exposing themselves to things such as cyber-bullying and sexual content. They also post personal information either on their profiles or through comments for anyone to see.
Who's to blame? With the new free application craze, more and more games are popping up on social networking sites that appeal to younger children (for example, crazie cabby, wild ones, cafe world, the infamous farmville), thus drawing in children younger than the required 13+.
haha, the infamous farmville. you know what you should check out? uno on facebook. there are always creepy guys trying to use the game as a freaking dating site.
ReplyDeleteoh this is a great topic! so true! too many lil kids on these things, and all they ask is if your 13 they dont have any way to prove it!
ReplyDeleteYou speak nothing but the truth. I came across my niece online whose 12 and she was pretending to be 16. I gave her a huge scolding about the dangers of her actions. Lol!
ReplyDeleteMy son was "friended" by a supposed 16-year-old girl in an online game he was in when he was 11. He came to me looking upset, and then showed me some of "her" comments. So disgusting!
ReplyDeleteThis is a good topic and very true. I am fortunate to have all younger family members to be to young and still in elementary to use these sites. As suppose to young teenagers but this is a huge problem for the young naive kids of today.
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