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Underage Kids on Facebook - Is the Internet safe for 8-year-olds?

Original Article 03/03/2011 By Jolee Cano It hit me like a ton of bricks the other day when I noticed a friend of mine had been ?friended? by an 8-year-old from my children?s school ? yes, an 8-year-old. So, out of curiosity I started checking out how many kids were on any of my friends? ?friend? lists, and there were quite a few. Just a quick glance and I had tallied a couple of 8-year-olds, a dozen 10-year-olds and at least 20 seventh- and eighth-graders. These numbers were just people that I could personally identify from my children?s small private school, and there were quite a few more on the periphery of my ?actual? friendship circle as well. As responsible parents, we have heard the areas of concern with children and social media and the horror stories of predators and scam artists targeting our young kids...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 03, 2011 (boomark / email).