[viagsjicguara]

How do I convince my parents to let me get a FB?
As most people know on YF, I am 11. NO ONE cares about the 13 rule.

Here is my argument: (this is to my parents


• Most of my friends are on Dacebook. Also, I kind of feel out of the loop when my friends talk about what they do on Facebook and what games they play.
• I will be able to do facebook from my iPod.
• I can get those free movie tickets like Ajinkya.
• You will have to approve before I friend someone.
• I can chat with my friends via Facebook. Most of them do not have Gmail. And if they do, the 2 that do also have FaceBook and are on THERE much more frequently.
• I will follow any guidelines you set.
• You will have my password.

Any suggestions?

[Dfvgthyju]

Make the account yourself
it's your time your spending on your computer so use it to the fullest
Besides facebook dies soon.

[dushappeaps]

My parents will find out.

I have made one before, busted big time.

Someone else?

[Lhiistyssdds]

We cannot encourage this.

We cannot give you advice. Doing so would be illegal. I also think you have to be 13 to use the forum, so we should ban OP for two years.

[indahouweres]

• Most of my friends are on Facebook. Also, I kind of feel out of the loop when my friends talk about what they do on Facebook and what games they play.
• I can chat with my friends via Facebook. Most of them do not have Gmail. And if they do, the 2 that do also have FaceBook and are on THERE much more frequently.
• I will follow any guidelines you set.
• You will have my password.

Unless your parents can't listen to reason, then this should be enough. I also recommend proxy websites and deleting your history if your parents don't allow you, but you really want to go XP.

[xanonlinexan]

thanks!

[ImapFidaarram]

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[Woziwfaq]

To be honest, you're not even allowed to be on YF due to COPPA regulations until you are 13. An 11 year old should not be on Facebook. My advice to you would be to stick it out for at least 1 more year. There are a lot of facebook-esque sites out there that make you think like you're logging into your account but are actually giving your info to some random website. It's safer when you're older and can understand stuff like this better.

[JeorgeNoxeref]

How I see it (but of course I will see it this way)...

They are your parents and while ever you are living under their roof, you have to cop their rules. You may not like it, but that's just the way it goes.

My friend's 13yr old daughter wants a mobile phone. Her parents have told her 'not until you are 16'. Now, she is talking about suicide and all that because 'all of her friends have one and she doesn't' and seeing them for 8 hours a day @ school isn't enough.

Kids these days have to learn respect and when 'no means no'.

If the little snots grow up hating their parents and resenting them for the rest of their lives because they never got 'their own way'...if they end up topping themselves because they are so shallow that doing everything their friends do is 'a matter of life and death'..

.....so be it.

---------- Post added February 14th, 2011 at 05:07 PM ----------

In Addition: If I was your mother and I said 'No Facebook until you are 13' (a decision I agree with btw) and you started to question my authority and backtalk me, all of your PC privileges would be removed for a month.
You would find yourself grounded faster than the Hindenburg.

Think of it this way.

[somawaima]

How I see it (but of course I will see it this way)...

They are your parents and while ever you are living under their roof, you have to cop their rules. You may not like it, but that's just the way it goes.

My friend's 13yr old daughter wants a mobile phone. Her parents have told her 'not until you are 16'. Now, she is talking about suicide and all that because 'all of her friends have one and she doesn't' and seeing them for 8 hours a day @ school isn't enough.

Kids these days have to learn respect and when 'no means no'.

If the little snots grow up hating their parents and resenting them for the rest of their lives because they never got 'their own way'...if they end up topping themselves because they are so shallow that doing everything their friends do is 'a matter of life and death'..

.....so be it.

---------- Post added February 14th, 2011 at 05:07 PM ----------

In Addition: If I was your mother and I said 'No Facebook until you are 13' (a decision I agree with btw) and you started to question my authority and backtalk me, all of your PC privileges would be removed for a month.
You would also find yourself grounded faster than the Hindenburg.

Think of it that way.

OP listen to this guy he is smart. Besides Facebook is overrated. I am thinking about deleting mine.

[tretcheenia]

OP listen to this guy he is smart. Besides Facebook is overrated. I am thinking about deleting mine.

I am a girl (a woman actually) and the mother of two teenage kids...so, of course I am smart.

[55TRATTERENRY]

unless you know how to clear your history
don't get a facebook
get a twitter or something.

[hjyAMqqT]

Son, get off the computer. We need to talk.

[AntonioMQ]

First and foremost it's only illegal if he's american.. which he sounds like he is.

Second, don't join facebook until you have a far better understanding of privacy issues and concerns. Here's a hint - if you were good enough at understanding these you'd have no trouble hiding a facebook profile from your parents

[kasandrasikl]

i have a facebook. and my "friends" on facebook would rather not see my "Face"Book. but thats just me for some reason.

[nermise]

add me.

ill have you in trouble before the day ends!

[KJnbceja]

add me.

ill have you in trouble before the day ends!

actually, you'll be the one who's in trouble, 20 yr old pedo adding an 11 year old boy.

[kylsq0Ln]

im 12 what is this?

[Agehoobionibe]

Be a rebel, get a Facebook anyways.

[QbCp7LaZ]

There are too many young kids your age with Facebooks now a-days. Be original and do not have one.

But if you must argue with your parents about it, a few of your reasons make it look like you will get addicted to the site and start neglecting your homework. I would consider rewording your points that you are going to bring up to them, and omit a few.