Monday, 14 April 2008
Disagreement (article 4)
After reading the article to some extent i disagree with the fact that parents are worrying about their children using social networking sites like facebook,myspace and bebo. I don't consider these to be particular dangerous like i would chatrooms where you speak to people you don't know. Social networking sites have privacy settings to prevent people looking at your information and pretending to be somebody they arn't talking to you. These privacy setting will allow you to choose which people you want to be able to access your profile and if they can what you want them to see like pictures for example. You also have the choice of accepting people as your friend so if you don't no them you dont add them. I think that maybe 8 is a little too young but i think as from ten i dont see why children should not be part of these social networking sites unless pricavy and security settings are not available.By no means do i think that children should be encouraged to use them but if it was me i would rather my child be a part of a social networking site where they are interacting with people they no rather than logging onto some chatrooms where they are talking to anybody that thay they really don't have a clue about.
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I agree with u Helen that social networking sites like facebook are much safer than chatrooms and forums, etc. Parents from a digital immigrant generation may be more worried as they have never been involved in these social networking sites themselves so don't realise how safe they are.
I agree with you that from the age of 10 upwards it is acceptable for them to be a part of Bebo or Myspace as they are a bit less invasive, and the parents can always see what friends they have and who they are talking to. Maybe facebook is for slightly older people because more details of the person is given so theres less privacy which may not be right for children so young.
yes I also agree how much safer they are. If I was a parent I wouldn't be happy that my child was in chat rooms, but Bebo and stuff I wouldn't mind so much as long as their privacy settings were secure.
However, I don't think just because kids have these profiles should mean that their parents can check up on them or read all their things. But at the same time, it would be reassuring for parents who may be worried about their child to know that they can check.
Helen,
Yes, we seem to be in agreement on this, if you see the comments I posted on your earlier blog. Yes, I agree too, that speaking to people you know does seem preferable to complete strangers for children. An interesting discussion has taken place....what do you think about Alyson's comments about parents being able to read their child's comments? A good of bad thing?
All the best
Emma
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