How do I convince my mom to let me have a facebook?

[tantechrissie]

I agree with your mother. It is very difficult to ensure privacy and safety on facebook when people seem to compete to have the most friends. How can somebody honestly have a thousand friends? So you are connecting with lots of people that you know very little about. Even at the highest level of security I don't believe facebook is a useful tool for anybody. Certainly it is fun, but at your age you should be playing outside with your friends, not connecting on a computer. It is not real, even if your friends are on it. Go out and do normal things with your friends. Talk to each other face to face. Think of fun things to do which will take their minds off it too!