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you can normally look it up in their FAQs but im pretty sure its 14 for both, this site is 14 as well

yes, underage kids are using it :(
my daughter is underage and her father keeps making facebook accounts for her :(
she has been exposed to predators already and I reported the first account he made for her, but he told her to keep her new account secret from me so I dont report again, I found she had it by checking her history on my computer here so this time im not reporting it for fear he will only make a new account for her again and I dont find out, at least this way I can try to monitor predators

I’m not married, her father is my ex there is no talking to him I have already tried
and I can assure you that I am very well aware of the predators in ‘real life’
My sister inlaw was murdered by her husband after he was caught out molesting her daughter, not to mention I have come across plenty of predators whom i have managed to evade only to discover my instincts were right after they were caught doing what I suspected
Online seems to be a much more comfortable place for predators to be able to groom or even simply expose outright, the things I have seen she was exposed to on facebook are not things she has been exposed to in ‘real life’ and you know why, because out here I have control, I dont leave her unattended with people, I dont send her down the street on her own, online she has been exposed to things because it is a somewhat secret place.
Fact is, not matter what I do I may not be able to protect her from an unfortunate incident, but I’m not gonna just loaf around and allow anything to happen

I never asked for any advice, I merely shared my opinion that its sad that so many underage children have free access to a dangerous world that can not be monitored as all children need a level of monitoring, and it does not help when adults encourage them to venture into places that have age limits for a reason! because any younger they may not be equipped to deal with online predators, infact i dont think at 13 they are equipped to deal with it either however they are expanding socially and do need space.
why does it sound like my child has emotional issues, because by all counts shes actually very well adjusted, does well with school, has good friends and people who meet her are delighted by her charm and wit, if she had emotional issues she would not be so charming. She actively shares her thoughts with me, if i were over protective then I doubt she would be so open, I dont spend everyday predator watching, its a very small part of my time, its just this post was about underage access to social networks so of course my emphasis was on the predator watch for thats how I feel about that one aspect of this
She is not over monitored, your guessing on a couple of posts and comparing her to your own childhood which I assure you she has not had the same childhood as you.
I myself had 2 completely different sets of extremes, my father was so over protective that I was not allowed to close my bedroom door for any reason and he watched and questioned every move I made, he wouldnt even allow me to go to the pub when i was of legal age and only visiting him for a couple of weeks
my mother however couldnt care less where I was for entire days / then nights when I hit 12yrs old
I think I understand a bit about being over protective or not being protective enough
Age restrictions are there for a reason, hell, if age restrictions are simply there for fun then lets just start buying our kids smokes at 10 so they can discover for themselves why theyre bad, just so long as you tell them theyre bad as you and them their first ciggie

yes thats right, because I was referring to the entire internet being dangerous, i wasnt at all focused on social networks with age restrictions, your taking this way out of context
to me it sounds like you still have issues with your childhood, they shouldnt be projected onto other children
and you should really think twice about diagnosing children with anything when you really have no idea of them and certainly do not have a degree in child psychology
to make a diagnosis simply from a couple of posts…really?