Posted by: Elizabeth King on June 5, 2007 12:07PM EST I use to have a myspace, and I currently have a facebook. Your son is right, there is a way to set your profile for private viewers. I think it is good that you have his password and are able to check up on him. Just constantly remind him not to talk to anybody he doesn't know and not to give out personal information.

Posted by: Whitney Hagan on June 5, 2007 11:12AM EST I think Facebook is more for highschool kids and college age adults. I don't know if a 14 year old would have many friends his or her age on the website which might lead to befriending older strangers. I think it's great that he's giving you his password but i might limit him or tell him to wait untill 9th grade.

Posted by: Krisi on May 31, 2007 1:24PM EST I think it is great that he is giving you his password so you can get into his profile. However, the reason I am not allowing my 14 yr old to have a myspace (and believe me, she's not happy and says that ALL of her friends have one), is because of how easy it is to access pornography. I can fill you in more if you'd like. Krisi

Posted by: BethJ007 on May 24, 2007 10:26AM EST oh whoops. i didn't mean to comment twice...i thought the first one hadn't worked. my bad!

Posted by: BethJ007 on May 24, 2007 10:24AM EST myspace is a little more snazzy- you can personalize it with backgrounds, music, and pictures. but there are also more creepy people on myspace- anyone can join. facebook is a little more selective in who they let in. but it is great that your son is keeping you informed on what goes on his profiles and that he keeps them private. as long as he knows to never give out personal information i think he'll be fine.

Posted by: BethJ007 on May 24, 2007 9:56AM EST Myspace is a little more snazzy- it has fun backgrounds, music, and other stuff that you can put on it. But there are a lot more creepy people on it too because anyone can have one. Facebook is a little more selective in terms of who can get on it. It is good that your son has limited his profiles and is being so open with you about it. Just make sure he is aware of the dangers and knows to not ever give out any personal information.

Posted by: Jax on May 24, 2007 9:34AM EST Facebook is more for college students and high school seniors and some juniors. I haven't seen many kids younger than that on. I think that facebook is a safer site because access to profiles is more limited. You can change the security options on your profile, but it's standard that the people in your network (school or company--depends on the email address used) can see your profile. You can change it so that you have to approve EVERYONE who views (your profile will show up in a search, but the person cannot click on it unless you are added to 'friends') or you have to be the one who goes out there and searches for people (if this is the case, your profile will not show up on searches). Facebook is a great way for college students to keep in touch over the summer (because we live in many different states), and it's a great way to keep in touch with high school friends. When facebook began, it was only open to about 5 colleges (something like...Harvard, Yale, Northwestern, Vanderbilt). Students at Harvard started it. Then it was open to all colleges and then to high schools and now anybody can join. The college and high school sections used to be seperate, but now everyone can search for anyone else. I don't know as much about MySpace, but I know that anyone can join and you can search for anyone. For some reason it's a lot harder to find individual's pages on MySpace. You have the freedom on MySpace to create something like your own website pages, whereas in Facebook there is a template that you follow.