Can Social Networking Websites Harm your Children's Brains?

At what cost do social networking websites and technology have to human relationships? How true that these sites cause disturbing changes in the brains of parents' children? Popular social sites like Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and others are said to promote immediate satisfaction, decrease attention spans, and make children more self-absorbed.

Mark Zuckerberg says Children below 13 will use Facebook

Facebook will challenge law stopping children using the site ‘at some point,' says founder Mark Zuckerberg.

The under-13s age should be allowed to use Facebook, the social network’s founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has said.

Speaking at a summit on innovation in schools and teaching in Newark, New Jersey, Mark Zuckerberg said that the current age limit would be challenged “at some point”. Claire Perry, Conservative MP for Devizes, who has campaigned for online safety, said that ““I would be very uncomfortable about extending this and I think it’s very, very irresponsible of Facebook to be suggesting it.”

Parents on Facebook: Can Kid’s Accept Them as “Friends”

While technology and Internet make more parents sign up daily, more children shy away at the idea of adding a parent as a “friend” on their Facebook account. In this present day, more have formed support communities to use this new trend of social networking. If your child is 21 years old, accepting a mom or a dad on Facebook is probably to lower his or her calmness quotient. You become a Big Brother, and your kid’s friends will perhaps edit their messages and images. They’re afraid of being viewed and criticized.

This is the problem going on in your child's brain when a friend request from mom or dad pops up. Accepting parents would mean danger of being separated by their peers. Ignoring them means there’s a threat of getting grounded.
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Facebook & Kids: Know Its Social Networking Benefits

If you’re a parent, have your kids always been fighting with you because of a computer or a laptop? Do they disturb you while using your online Facebook account pushing you away and doing all to sit before the laptop. Then they begin to log out your account and log in theirs. Most of the time, both of you end up having a fight. Worse, your child seems smarter than you are in using technology and Facebook.