5 Facebook Rules for Teens

My show will tag team with WSB TV tonight to discuss social media, parenting, and kids. As part of that conversation, here are some starting points from several experts for parents in guiding their kids' use of Facebook.

5 Facebook rules for Parents and Kids

Similar guidelines apply to other social networking sites. This can be a starting point for discussing Facebook with your teen.

1. General comments

Facebook has a wide range of privacy settings available, and in general you want all the privacy you can get. Most of the horror stories about social networking involve kids making information public and/or making contact with strangers. The rules below are generally designed to avoid all contact with strangers. The key concept is to use Facebook only to interact with real personal friends.

Consider the following statement from the official Facebook terms:

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