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I really want a facebook but my parents won't let me get one! How do I convince them to let me make a facebook?
I'm 12 years old and I really want a facebook so I can socialize with friends and see pics of my friends I no longer get to see since they live somewhere else. They say they dont want me to have a facebook but for no good reson. How can I convince them to let me getba facebook what are some good things about it and what can i say to them that will let me get a facebook. I really want one! ALL my friends have it. I need help. Tthanks I rate 5s
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I won't get into the "Internet is dangerous" thing as everyone is saying that, I need not say any more.
But one more thing is that facebook is literally addictive. You spend hours and hours on it, and its very counter-productive. Its best not to get on there.
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Your parents have a very good reason to not want you to be on facebook. Maybe see if your parents will create one and you can add your friends to their facebook and with your parents observing you can look at pictures of your friends.
The internet is dangerous. I am not saying this because I am older or a mother. I am 20. My kids aren't your age. I dont like like my nieces nephews or cousins having facebooks. Bad people pray for vulnerable children on the internet.You have to be 13 to have a facebook.
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Pook is right about the age requirement for facebook. You have a year to think about how to convince your parents to let you on facebook.
A bit of advice about parents. When I was your age, back in the dark ages, as I am now old enough to be your grandfather. If I said to my mother "Joey does this or Joey has that." My mothers standard answer would be; "Just because Joey jumps of the Brooklyn Bridge doesn't mean you have to as well." I grew up in New York and the saying was common among our parents.
What the saying means is that your parents are not interested in what your friends parents allow their children. Your friends parents may not even be aware that your friends are on facebook. It is an honor thing when you sign up for facebook and you tell them you are old enough to be on their network.
I proud of you for being truthful with your parents and asking them if you can. There are many children that don't ask and just join. When facebook finds out the close the account and ban them from facebook for a time. You should be proud of yourself for your honesty.
As for facebook itself; their are some adults on facebook that should not be on their. They are child predators. You cannot tell who these people are. They pretend to be your age and make friends with you or try to. Facebook tries hard to find these people and get then off of facebook. They unfortunately don't find them all.
This is what worries all of us as parents about social network sites. We worry about these people stalking our children. We worry that our children can be hurt by them. We also worry that facebook puts everything you say out their in cyberspace forever and for everyone to see. This can harm you years later. This is what we as parents worry about and is behind your parents saying no for now.
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Facebook requires you to be 13 or older, it is one of their terms of service: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
Wait until you turn 13 and then ask them again.
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You are still young and your parents are just trying to protect you. Facebook puts yourself and your information out there not only to your friends, but also people you don't know. There are some people on Facebook that will lie about themselves and try to get you to meet them or get more of your information. They might say it's a friend of yours, but it isn't always who you think it is. Even if you are responsible with it, at your age many parents are reluctant to let their child have a Facebook. I'm older than you and in high school and my parents still won't let me have a Facebook, but I know and understand why. Wait a few years and show that your are responsible and they might say yes.
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