How can i convince my mom to let me have a facebook?

[Lyssa]

I think more effective parenting is to explain why, so that you learn to reason for yourself in future situations.
That said I also believe parents have the ultimate authority and you need to accept that.

Facebook was not designed for children and most adults are too immature to use it as well. Every thing you post on the internet can be seen forever- by anyone who knows how to search. What young people fail to understand is that because you can do something and because all your friends are doing something doesn't mean you should or that you are emotionally mature enough to do so.

FYI- every teenager I know that uses facebook does so inappropriately. The make friends with people they don't know, they use foul language, they gossip and they are entirely too sexual.

Avoid the drama and respect your mother.