10 Year old on Myspace?
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While I do agree that a 10-year-old shouldn't have a myspace account, I also think that it is one of those "grey" areas and that you can't "dump" a friend that you disagree with. If that were the case, you would soon have no friends. This is just something that you will have to let go. You have warned her of the dangers and now you can only hope for the best.
Best wishes.
Well of course your friend isnt going to listen to you about myspace. I have an account I am married tho, with a child. and my babysitter whom is 15 has one as does my sister and brother who live in OR but we keep in touch that way.
Just give your friend the little hint to making her profile private, and anyone who wants to add her must first, answer a question like what her e-mail address is or what her last name is. So that only people she knows can keep in contact. I know about child predators online, and even tho I am married my profile is set to private.
Wow, Im sorry but your friend is dumb. A ten year old has no place on myspace. There are so many child molesters who just lurk myspace to find young girls.
Maybe you could have a talk with the daughter, because mom is being a retard. You can ask the daughter to show you her profile and ease into the conversation about not talking to older men and see if you can get her to make her profile private.
What in the world does a 10 year old need a Myspace page for. The kid is 10 years old she needs to be outside playing with her friends and the parents/parent needs to be raising the kid not waiting for Myspace to raise the kid for him/her. There is alot of inappropriate crap on myspace that a 10 year old doesn't need to know about!
It's sad but I would suggest telling your friend that she should put her daughter's profile to private, Its to bad that your friend is naive, who is the 10 year old talking to online? Are her friends online?
i personally love myspace. i think its a great way to keep in touch with friends and family. by no means do i use it to make new friends. and i make sure i have my profile set to private and only allow people as friends who ive already known a really long time. however i am an adult and can make my own decisions.
as for a 10 year old on there is completely not appropriate. what is your friend thinking? your absolutly right about bullying and preditors. 10 year olds do not know how to think properly. no child under the age of 18 should even be allowed to sign up for it. you see your friends at school, why do you need to be on there? if your firend isnt montering it properly, then maybe you need to step in. have her watch dateline to catch a preditor, and maybe she'll open her eyes.
This is SO dangerous...
My nephew is also on there saying he is 16 when he is really only 11. Some of the trash that shows up on his page blows my mind.
I tell his mom but she says it is just his friends playing jokes and cursing him out, putting up suggestive pics, etc...
SO WHAT?!! If it is, their parents should be told what they are doing. They all say kids grow up faster these days. Well with this kind of thing going on, it's no wonder.
I once read a story of a man who knew his daughter had a similar web space. He pretended to be a stranger and ask her for information she shouldn't be giving out online. She swore she was mature enough and knew better than to do such things.
As it turned out, she gave all her private information, including phone number, cell phone number, address, what school she attended, what days she stayed after school, and when her parents were normally gone!!
Suffice it to say, he shut down her account right away!!
One would hope this "friend" of yours isn't too late in finding this kind of thing out. And this "friend", she's no friend of her daughter's, that's for sure. She isn't protecting her daughter like a mother should.
I have a myspace, but it is my way of keeping in touch with my 21 year old son. He didn't have a myspace page until he was 18. Now he uses it to keep up with his friends from high school as they scatter throughout the states.
That's totally different than a 10 year old having one for "socialization", though. If she wants her to be "socialized" she needs to take her to a local rec center or girl scouts or after school programs and/or find other things for her to do that are supervised for CHILDREN her age. She's far too young for myspace.
Woah, this mom is WHACKED! She's teaching her daughter to lie to get what she wants. She's allowing her daughter to engage in a dangerous activity by posting her full name and picture. She's completely stupid about the whole socialization thing. Since when does staring at a computer all day make someone socially better? I thought talking face to face with people did that.
Dumping your friend is up to you, but I seriously question her intelligence right now.
I don't think this makes her a "bad mother" that's pretty harsh. Also, the fact that your mother "didn't trust you until you were 18" doesn't really make any sense. Were you doing something to NOT let her trust you? And at 18 the day you woke up what sort of magical thing happened that made you trust worthy? You need to trust your children ALL the time, regardless of age. After they are 18 that just means it's not your fault when they do wrong. If you ARE a good mother you should know you can trust your child no matter what.
If she is listed as a 14 year old, her profile should automatically be set to private. Nonetheless, a little girl (or boy for that matter) has no business on myspace to begin with. Not to mention, if she lets her do that now, then what's she going to be doing when she's older? The internet is a scary place for kids, and as parents, we need to protect them.
This is very ignorant! She is 10 for crying out loud! I don't care how much you trust your child, it is not your trust in your child that is at issue. There are all kind of child predators out there looking for this kind of opportunity. Does she allow her daughter to post what city and state she lives in? If she does she is asking for trouble.
You may want to tell your friend that over 1000 registered sex offenders were just discovered & removed from myspace. Who knows how many more could be on there.
WELL THAT MEANS THE GIRL HAD TO LIE ABOUT HER AGE WHEN SHE REGISTERED BECAUSE IT ONLY HAS THE 16 AND UP CATAGORY THEREFORE HER MA NEEDTO DELETE HER ACCOUNT BECAUSE SHE IS TOO YOUNG AND IS MORE THAN LIKELY MEETING COMPLETE STRANGERS IN HER AREA
GOOD LUCK
WOW. My boyfriend doesn't let his 13 yo daughter have one (she has been punished 3 times for making ones at friends houses and now has all kinds of privledges taken away). AND you bet your right hand that when my son is older he will not be having one either! I think it is wrong in every way for a 10yo to have a myspace! Not only are there predators but there is so much inappropriate content on there that a kid that age should NOT be seeing! It is everywhere! Ugh...and people wonder what is wrong with the world today. The problem is that is her choice as to whether her daughter can have one or not...the only thing you can really do is give her tips to help her keep her daughter safe and she can take it from there if she chooses to do so. I am sorry your friend is ignorant about her daughter's safety.
your friend is whacky she has a problem with not using any parental control. there are offenders out there tell her she needs to be careful
She really should be more concerned with her daughters safety. Maybe she doesn't realize how dangerous the real world is these days. The only thing I would suggest is continue to try to get her to understand the dangers of her 10 year old daughter being exposed to websites such as MySpace at such a young age.
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