You shouldn't be on WhatsApp, according to their own terms and conditions, before you're 16.
I don't know why the leaders of social networks have overlooked the idea of rules. Real-life behavior is becoming more reflective of social media instead of vice versa, and that's a dangerous thing.
There is a certain line that I draw for myself, when it comes to what to post and what not to on social media.
It's a dilemma for every modern parent - how to keep children safe on social media without monitoring their every post.
Now, for pure bloggers, for individual people who are just posting their own thoughts, they would still run the same risk of saying something wrong or embarrassing, but they wouldn't harm their institutions by doing so.
I operate a pretty strict muting and blocking policy on Twitter.
I'm not a big fan of young kids having Facebook. It's not something they need. It's not necessary.
Yeah. I do. I think that we have to continue to expand the areas in which we want our kids to be literate. And social media's going to be a part of their lives. And why not? Why not give them a sense of what the rules of the road are?
Another good rule for social media, I find, is to never type and post. Instead, be sure to type, pause, think, and then post.
