They are under 13. I would be wary of getting thier accounts cancelled as I guess it's really up to their parents if they are allowed on these sites underage.
It's not up to their parents if they can get an account, they have to abide by the rules of the site, and under 13's aren't allowed. Which would mean they lied when entering their sign up details and are in violation of the T&Cs. Don't see why you should have to cancel your account when they are the ones offending.
as an aside if you sign up for sky talk unlimited (£5 a month) you can call 20 international countries including Canada for free - and free mobile calls to the US and Canada.
One of my friends is a teacher. She keeps her pages restricted only to friends. She doesn't allow any of her current pupils to link to her as one of their friends, but if one of her pupils finishes their education at her school & asks her if they can keep in touch with her via Facebook to let her know how they're doing, she lets them. As an ex-pupil, they're over 16 & she feels far more comfortable knowing that she's got an age restriction on her Facebook contacts.
Other teachers at her school do the same thing. Some used to allow younger children to be linked to them, but they had a meeting at the school & realised that people can click on your other friends & see their messages, their photos etc. You can't expect your friends to restrict their contacts in the same way, nor can you be sure of what photos they or their friends may have. You also leave yourself open to possible allegations of inappropriate contact with children. It was therefore decided that any teachers could go on Facebook & allow pupils to link to them, but only if they were prepared to restrict contact with pupils to pupils who were over the age of 16 & had either left the school or were about to leave. The teachers follow the same policy - they've all created a folder for ex-pupils online, & any ex-pupils that link to them go in there. Then once a month they print off a list of any pupils that are linked to them, & it's kept in a folder in the staff room. That way, everyone knows who has who on their friends list & any contact is open. They can also discuss any concerns about any contact they've received with other staff.
By the way, they only use the Facebook social networking site, because the others seem to be less configurable by the user.
Obviously don't accept their add requests, but apart from that why does it matter? There's nothing dodgy about Facebook, but the general advice whatever job you have or apply for - don't put stuff on there that your employer might object to.
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It's not up to their parents if they can get an account, they have to abide by the rules of the site, and under 13's aren't allowed. Which would mean they lied when entering their sign up details and are in violation of the T&Cs. Don't see why you should have to cancel your account when they are the ones offending.
Just dont be so Naive an ask Head an let her see site she will advice
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Other teachers at her school do the same thing. Some used to allow younger children to be linked to them, but they had a meeting at the school & realised that people can click on your other friends & see their messages, their photos etc. You can't expect your friends to restrict their contacts in the same way, nor can you be sure of what photos they or their friends may have. You also leave yourself open to possible allegations of inappropriate contact with children. It was therefore decided that any teachers could go on Facebook & allow pupils to link to them, but only if they were prepared to restrict contact with pupils to pupils who were over the age of 16 & had either left the school or were about to leave. The teachers follow the same policy - they've all created a folder for ex-pupils online, & any ex-pupils that link to them go in there. Then once a month they print off a list of any pupils that are linked to them, & it's kept in a folder in the staff room. That way, everyone knows who has who on their friends list & any contact is open. They can also discuss any concerns about any contact they've received with other staff.
By the way, they only use the Facebook social networking site, because the others seem to be less configurable by the user.