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athena prestonStatus updates, photo tagging and FarmVille aren't just for adults or even teenagers anymore."><meta name="KEYWORDS" content=""><meta name="AUTHOR" content="By� Doug Gross, CNN"><meta name="SECTION" content="TECH"><meta name="SUBSECTION" content=""><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2">var cnnIsIntl = (location.hostname.indexOf('edition.') > -1) ? true : false;var clickID = (cnnIsIntl) ? 212106 : 211911;var cnnShareTitle = encodeURIComponent("Social networks and kids: How young is too young?");var cnnShareDesc = encodeURIComponent("Status updates, photo tagging and FarmVille aren't just for adults or even teenagers anymore.");var disqus_category_id = 207579;var disqus_identifier = "/2009/TECH/11/02/kids.social.networks/index.html";var disqus_title = "Social networks and kids: How young is too young?"; var cnnFirstPub = new Date('Mon Nov 02 09:03:39 EST 2009');</script> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
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Dr. "TKA" Kulla-Abbott"Social networks and kids: How young is too young?"
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John Evans
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a growing number of children are flouting age requirements on sites such as Facebook and MySpace, or using social-networking sites designed just for them. -
Roger ZuidemaStatus updates, photo tagging and FarmVille aren't just for adults or even teenagers anymore."><meta name="KEYWORDS" content=""><meta name="AUTHOR" content="By� Doug Gross, CNN"><meta name="SECTION" content="TECH"><meta name="SUBSECTION" content=""><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2">var cnnIsIntl = (location.hostname.indexOf('edition.') > -1) ? true : false;var clickID = (cnnIsIntl) ? 212106 : 211911;var cnnShareTitle = encodeURIComponent("Social networks and kids: How young is too young?");var cnnShareDesc = encodeURIComponent("Status updates, photo tagging and FarmVille aren't just for adults or even teenagers anymore.");var disqus_category_id = 207579;var disqus_identifier = "/2009/TECH/11/02/kids.social.networks/index.html";var disqus_title = "Social networks and kids: How young is too young?"; var cnnFirstPub = new Date('Mon Nov 02 09:03:39 EST 2009');</script> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
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Amy HopkinsArticle from CNN
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Will Richardson"In two surveys reported this year by Pew Internet Research -- of 700 and 935 teens, respectively -- 38 percent of respondents ages 12 to 14 said they had an online profile of some sort.
Sixty-one percent of those in the study, ages 12 to 17, said they use social-networking sites to send messages to friends, and 42 percent said they do so every day.
The data in the study was from 2006, so it's not a stretch to assume those numbers are higher this year. Research on younger children is limited, but anecdotal evidence shows that many of them are also logging on.
"Of course they are," said Amanda Lenhart, a senior researcher at Pew and one of the report's authors. "They're using them because that's where their social world is. Because there's no effective way to age-verify ... children very quickly realize, 'I just say I'm 14 years old, and they'll let me use this.' "" -
Vicki DavisImportant article to read about children of all ages creating profiles. I believe this supports our driving need to incorporate instruction and discussion on this topic in schools.
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a growing number of children are flouting age requirements on sites such as Facebook and MySpace, or using social-networking sites designed just for them.
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which some therapists have linked to Internet addiction among adults
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