should my daughter get a facebook?

[Lily]

No. You have to be 13 to get a page, if she gets one now, that'll encourage her to lie.
I'm 15 and to be quite honest, I wish I never got one, people have sent me malicious messages, rude comments and it lacks any intimacy! Writing on the wall as it were isn't as fun as going to someones house and wishing them happy birthday!
Eventually everything blurs in to one and it because a rating contest.

[Hallab Kabeeb]

ON facebook:

Your daughter could send a hateful message to somebody else. She wouldn't think anything of it, she would just send something rude. Maybe a couple more of her friends would join in and poke fun. Soon, the girl would get real down. Down and depressed. Your daughter might be happy, seeing that she has that control over people, and make more rude points on facebook. She would enjoy the power she has, and become a big bully.

Then, when she graduates high school, she won't have any friends. She could possibly join a gang, because she is already good at controlling others. After she joins a gang, she starts going off on the wrong track, holding up gas stations, smuggling drugs into day care centres, you name it. Then, she gets caught one day, marketing some crack cocaine. The police arrest her, and she is sent to jail for a year. She hates it in there. Every day is another near death experience. Later, she gets a hold of a coveted plastic spoon, and digs a secret tunnel out of the facility.

When she gets out, she starts a new life in Louisiana, alligator hunting. She goes out one night, armed and dangerous, and finds that one of her crocodile traps is missing. She brings her little boat around an island, to see if some of her other traps have caught anything.

BOOM

HEADSHOT

The rogue alligator hunters stealing YOUR DAUGHTER's alligators shot YOUR DAUGHTER. Nobody ever finds her in the southern swamp.

Facebook Kills.

And, you aren't legally allowed to use it until you're 13.

[Alex]

11 seems a bit to young. give her two more years.also the phrase "All of her freinds are doing it". What if she asked to climb Mt. Everest or if she wanted to sky dive and her excuse is "All of my freinds are doing it"! Sorrry about the critisism but it really makes you think though. plus Not everyone on facebook is always who they really are, imagine if she were to come across a stalker, just saying.

[Connor]

I'm 15 and i have but i'm a smart 15 year old and you need to think about a few things, firstly if you do let her have it she will get a 100+ friends on it and when the friends list reaches 100+ it will become very hard to prize her off it and thus this may lead to reluctance over things such as homework, chors ect which is undesirable so if you do let her you will need to give her clear boundries as to what you want from her. for example i would advice that you say she can have it on the understanding she doesn't add anyone she doesn't know, she always completes homework, tasks, chors and whatever else you want to add.

i don't want to patronize you here as this is your child but just because her friends have it that doesn't mean she should get it, my friends smoke weed that doesn't mean i should. additionally you need to think about what kind of kid your daughter is for example her life style (stereotypical but i would), for example if she's a chav' you may find her attitude diminishes a little but i can't say as i don't know her only you can determine wether she's grown up enough for a social networking site. does she get good grades at school, can she afford to waste time on facebook?

if i'm honest you should decide whether your daughter has it, not some randomers on Y/A, the actual answer is no as if you put any age into the FB account creator that.s younger than 13 it will not let you make an account so if you do decide to make her an account then make sure you put her age as 1997 (no earlier than 96) or it wont let her make an account just so you know.

Connor.

[Leah Brewster]

If you think that she is responsible enough to handle it, then I would go ahead and say yes. But help her set up her security settings so that only friends can see photos and statuses. Be friends with her and you can check up on her if you have a facebook. Many kids make facebooks even when their parents tell them not to. It's better to tell her ok so that you can monitor what she does.

[Harsh]

No, 11 is too young.
Also, Facebook is a Stupid Idiot.