What is too young for myspace?

I check every friend request when I get it, if someone is under 18 or doesn't disclose their age, I hit the "deny" button. I think there are some kids on there that are clueless about internet security and give out WAY too much information about themselves.

I agree with you that what that young girl is doing is not good. She is putting herself in danger and her mother is allowing it. I have three children and they all have myspace pages. They are young, 12, 11 and 8..but they only have myself, other family members and their friends that I know on their friends list. I have all their passwords and they know I can get onto their accounts whenever I please...that was the stipulations of allowing them to have an account with myspace. They computer is in the livingroom so I can easily watch them whether they are on myspace or any other website. I know that the internet can be a very dangerous place and especially for children. People tell me they believe it is crazy that I allow my children to have myspace pages, but I don't see harm in it when a parent is keeping up on it as I do with my childrens accounts.

I don't think there is a certain age but rather a certain level of maturity

i agree with you shes young for myspace i have one but im 20 and i cant believe some of the things i recive on mine and i would be scared if iwas her mother of an ypredotrs hasnt she seen the news of whats happened before she should wait a couple more years to have one it'll still be around

if she could manage this and her studies as well let her do it.

I think there are a lot of kids who don't understand how public MySpace is and don't understand the consequences of putting personal information on their pages and adding anyone as a friend. And of course if parents get strict about it or monitor anything there are cries of privacy violation. Until kids are up to the responsibility of actually know how to properly use MySpace, parents should absolutely know what is going on with their kids. This means they need to know their child's email address(es) and check to see if they have a MySpace account. They should also talk to their kids about who they should add to friends and what types of information to add.

13 is too young

If she HAS to have one then there are some limits to what she should post and not post. Remember, anything you post is out there. No 14 year old should post what school they are currently attending nor should they use their full name. There is also a setting that requires someone to reveal their last name and email address in order to become a friend. Her best bet is to have her mother sit down with her and go through everything with her and set up the page as to minimize contact from strange people. Although at 14 I don't think there is any reason to communicate with strangers!! She should be involved in more stimulating activities. Besides, what's wrong with the phone? At that age she should be developing good social skills and Myspace isn't the way to do that. (sports,dance,groups,hobbies etc..)

On some level, I think MySpace is great as a way for kids and teens to stay in touch with their friends, but unfortunately it seems (at least that's my IMPRESSION) like a lot of young kids use the whole friends network and photosharing thing as a "substitute" way to build self-esteem that should be gotten in other ways. Like the 14-year old you describe, she's probably hoping to feel better about herself by having lots of people look at her risque photos and tell her she's "hot," and she feels "popular" because she has so many "friends." I think MySpace is fine-- but they would probably do well to institute a system that makes impossible for anyone under 16 to have a "public" profile. Until then, I guess it's up to parents to know enough about their kids' lives to INSIST that they keep their MySpace profiles private until they are old enough to recognize predatory situations.

I think that if you are in high school that you are old enough to be using MySpace and I was 14 when I started high school so I think she's probably old enough. If your child is on a site like that then it's your responsibility as a parent to keep track of it.

I usually use an alias or make up some lies on my profile. Ofcourse my friend do know that its me behind that alias. If I do put up pictures, I put group pictures and they would be a bit blurry. Someone should explain to her that she is a potential target for kidnappers or identity thefs. She can alter stuff on ther profile like I do. Let say I live in a certain country, I list my country of residence as some other country. For my date of birth. I change the numerals. As for what school I went to, I list the old schools. I don't put the exact grade, instead I'll write stuff like upper level or something. Anyway all these stuff I do is to deter predators. Only my real friends knows which is me on the pictures. If myspace was a way to get in contact with old friends, well my email is enough, they don't need to look at my profile.

I think that maybe not until they are at least 17 or 18 and understand the risks of meeting people online and so on because too young can cause problems. Yes I think a lot of kids on there are too young and their parents don't know about it.

My little sister is 14, but she knows better than to post any risque pictures and her profile is set to private and only people who know her last name or email can add her. As long as the kid uses MySpace just for friends and all it's fine. I mean, come on... If you don't have a MySpace you're just not cool anymore. *laughs*

yea 14 is to young and i do not know about the other ages that is to young 12 to young 13 it is ok but some of this ppl that are on myspace they are not real some of them not all of them

I think that 14 years old is too young on Myspace. With all the problems in today's society with predators, pedophiles, not to mention the millions of fake profiles on myspace, it could be dangerous for someone her age. Myspace sets an age limit for a reason and I don't think anyone is smart to break the rules by lying about there age. However, since the legal age for Myspace is 14 than I wouldn't worry too much, but she should at least keep her profile private and only add people she's knows.