How to persuade my mum to let me have Facebook?

[Daniel]

My 14 year old and 18 year old sisters have it and my 15 year old and 16 year old brothers have it, it, and Im old enough to get it, but my mum wont let me, what could I say to get her to say yes?
im 13 and you have to be 13 or older to get it, right?

[Agrastaz]

Say it's for games (e.g. farmville), not for socialising

[Jess]

Just prove to her that you will use it sensibly or something

[Darryl]

get her to set her own one up and hopefully she'll catch up with old friends and stuff, and seeing just how good it can be, she might allow you to have one as well.

worth a try.

[Shannon_Jade♥]

I have it and I'm 13 :L

I had the same problem, I got it ages ago and then Mum didn't let me go on it 'cos it was 'dangerous'
I went on it anyway
Then I asked if I can go on it again, and I said stuff like it's good for contacting my old friends or family who hasen't got msn or something

Good luck!

[Jovi Freak]

How old are you ? Are you allowed to have Bebo - there is a greater risk of virus' through Bebo than there are through FB, maybe that would help.

Does your mum check your PC ?

[Holly]

Say you will put all your pictures and anything else you can on friends only, so people that search you can't see private things

And also say you want it for the games

Let her set it up with you so she knows what information you are putting on your page. Don't put your mobile number and things down.

I hope it helps

[Alex]

Is it because it's too dangerous..? I'm gonna assume so.

Okay:
1. Potential stalkers have to find your profile first. Not as easy as it sounds. Especially if you don't have a mainstream name like John Smith or something, people would have to actually think of a name and then search for whichever one might be a 14 year old potential stalkee in the stalker's area... etc. etc. It's not easy.
2. There's not much you can do with people's personal information. So what? You have their name, picture, maybe date or place of birth. Big whoop. What can a stalker do with that? It's not as if they can go enter it in some website and it'll come up with where you live, or where you are right now. The internet is nothing like that.
3. Tell her that under no circumstances are you dumb enough to actually go meet someone you met *purely* on Facebook. Because that is the ONLY reason ANYBODY has ever been stalked and harmed because of Facebook. Because they met up with them.
4. Remind her about Facebook privacy settings. They work and they're easy?
5. If it's still a no, cry and don't talk to her for a month because she's ruining your social life. Stick to the one month part, she'll crack eventually...

Alex

[Chloe]

wow, seems like your mum is very protective. yes u need to be 13 to have face book but many people lie. Some 7 years old have it ( lol its true). Tell her that or tell her its just for games and things. Say all your friends have it. Nag her for days, weeks she will come through.

[mileysbiggestfan]

say to her im old enough to have it now and its going to help me plan stuff with my friends and im going to use it for games now. or say something like that