The document discusses the pros and cons of social media use for children under 13. It notes privacy and identity risks like oversharing personal information without understanding consequences. Stranger danger is a risk as predators can pose online. Anything shared leaves a permanent record. However, social media can also help with relationship building, exploring identity, and boosting self-esteem when used constructively and with parental guidance. Prevention strategies include checking friends lists, profiles, educating children on risks, and constant parental monitoring.

1. THE USE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS
FOR KIDS UNDER 13 YEASR OLD

2. HARMFUL USES
• privacy – young children are more likely to post personal
information than older kids, and they do not fully understand the
possible severity and consequences of posting inappropiate
photographs or videos.
• stranger danger – we’ve all heard the “stranger danger” saying,
but the fact of the matter is that children are ofthen threatened by
people whom are actually familiar to them. That said, the internet
makes it quite easy for social networking perpetrators to pose as
other people, or to leave anonymous messages.
• It’s permanent - anything a child says or does online will leave
trace. Chances are years from now, a potential employer or college
will be able to do a search on your child and find his/her profile
page.

3. • Cyber-stalking - something as inncncent as posting a photograph
can reveal a lot of information about your child including what their
home looks like, what they attend, or information about their friends.
Cyber-stalking and social networking predators may even approach
your child online and use seducing techniques to lure them into
meeting face to face.
• Brain changes – lady Susan Greenfield, a neuroscientist and
professor of synaptic pharmacology at Lincoln College, Oxford, and
director of the Royal Institution, has argued that children who use
social networking sites may experience a lack of attention span, a
need for immedicy for stimulation, and a “shaky sense of identity”.
Then again, this is the same argument that naysayerrs made about
the impact tlevision and entreteinment over the past few decades.

4. Useful ways
 Relationship building:social networks enable children to meet new
friends from distant lands, helping them become more worldly and
sensitive to cultural differences. Kids can also stay in touch or
reunite with friends from their past who may have moved away.
 Identity: children can share their interests with others, join groups,
experience a sense of independence etc.
 Self-esteem: in correlation wioth identity building, social networks
can hepl build self-esteem and boost confidence.

5. PROS AND CONS
PROS CONS
• They’ll have parental
supervision. Parents will have a
mmore formalized role in their
children’s online activity.
 Younger users will be targeted
by advertisers just like the rest
of us.
• Teachers will be able to
connect with sudents in
elementary school.
 Young users may not
understand the result of their
online actions until it’s too late
• This will serve as “training
wheels” for younger usesrs who
may not be ready to jump into
the deep end of social media
just yet.
 Cyberbullying could be more
prevalent
• Young users can come out of
hiding and stop using accounts
with fake names to avoid being
found out by parents etc.

6. PREVENTIONS
1. Checking their friends lists, and make sure they know all
the people.
2. Check their profile to see which type of information they
upload.
3. Showing them all the risks internet and social networks
has.
4. Consantly check the information they put, their photos,
their profile etc.

7. BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://edudemic.com/2012/08/fscebook-lifting-age-minimum/
http://www.safetyweb.com/social-networking-safety-tips