At what age do you allow your child to have their own facebooks account? My daughter will be 12 soon and really wants one……
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Nope! No Facebook at 12!!! Once you give in that’s when you loose them……
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Wait and see how they do with a basic phone first. If they can’t handle the responsibility of texting and calling and what comes with it they aren’t ready to be able to post things
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My son is 16 and he doesn’t have one. He has Snapchat but that’s it
I think 12 is too young. Social media is dangerous (especially fb). I say 15 or 16 for fb.
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I say keep social media away as long as possible. This is a cruel world we live in and of they wanna they can find more than we ever thought about
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My son is 12 and doesn’t have any social media. I think 12 is too young
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Facebooks age requirement is 13. I’d wait it out
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I made my son wait until he was allowed to have one which is 13.
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Far too many predators out there. 12 is way too young.
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We’re not doing social media until they’re 15+ (will depend on grades, behavior, etc)
Basic phone with talk and text when they start middle school
13 is when I got mine, that’s a solid age for social media. Just make sure to regularly check her friends list and messages etc, lotta weirdos out there.
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I know someone who is 11 be 12 in 2025 and has one. My son also 11 he will be 12 end of December and does not have one. Because he knows someone else has something he thinks he does too, all he has is Snapchat. I didn’t want him having that. He barley ever on it so that good. Lol.
Never. 
My kids don’t even know what Facebook is and they’re 13, 12 and 8.
An adult, Facebook isn’t for children.
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My son is 13 and asks. No socials for awhile imo I’ve worked with teens and social media adds a whole layer of drama and mental health issues that are just not needed
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The internet is filled with lurking dangers if you’re going to allow them to have a Facebook would suggest messenger kids you can monitor conversations and friends are only approved by you plus a lot of adult content on Facebook
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My kids are 16, 15 and 13 and not one of them is on social media.
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My 13 year old keep asking, but we don’t have any yet
- My oldest is 13 and she doesn’t even wsnt social media, but my rules are simple, you can have a phone at 12 with limitations, at 13 those limitations get pulled, if i need your phone for any reason, I’m allowed to have it, no social media unless otherwise discussed because of predators. I moniter her online gameplay and if there is ever an issue she comes to me immediately. I have never had to worry about her or her communication with me.
Facebook guidelines is 13
I let my daughter have FB at 13. She’s 16 now. That’s their minimum age anyway. I monitor her FB. I approve all friend requests. She is not allowed to add anyone that we do not personally know. I’ve never had an issue with her regarding social media.
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16 you can’t get Facebook unless it 26 or you just plain up lie about the age
Whats bad is alot of preditors out their and you will have random.men msg your daughter .
Please don’t be stupid and get ur 12 year old Facebook
They do have kids messenger
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I think i was like 9 when my parents let me have one
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I was a former high school teacher and there’s a lot of awful things that come with social media at a young age. I would just say no and move on. You don’t need a reason, you’re the parent. It’s not developmentally appropriate until they’re adults and can understand the consequences of their actions.
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My nine yr old has one with his pictures and memories on it that I made for him so he can look back on it later. But it’s linked to mine.
My 16 yr old has one but she barely uses it. She’s on Snapchat.
Make them one and connect it to yours so you get email notifications
I understand the pressure of tween/teens wanting social media. My daughter wants her own YouTube channel. I would suggest allowing it but with your strict supervision and with the condition that you have full access and control. Make it clear that you will be checking all her friends and monitoring what she’s posting etc. If she agrees to the conditions, great. If she doesn’t agree - problem solved, no Facebook.
Lol kids have fb? Lol inwas told that was for old people. I don’t think mine got one until 16 yrs. Lol
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My son was 6
But it was to keep in touch with me when he was at his dads.and to talk to family ( he was very smart at 6 and could handle having it)
It depends on how you monitor & restrict your kids. We have a lot of family from out of state and different towns. Facebook is a great way for us to all keep in touch. My kids have had Facebook since they were about 9/10 years old. But they aren’t allowed to add any friends without permission, I have always had all of their passwords, and I monitor everything they do online. It really depends if you have the time and inclination to keep them safe & hold them accountable
My son is 20. Doesn’t have one. Never has. Kids don’t belong on social media platforms.
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Age and maturity are two very different things.
The age for FB is 13. If she signs up before than her account will end up deleted.
Keep them off it as looooong as possible. But technically they’re supposed to be 13 to make an account I believe.
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When they’re 18 or over and an adult
They won’t be getting one earlier if they’re in my house
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I see some parents opening a Facebook for their kids at like extremely young ages… and it’s sad because if that child grows up wanting to be a private person… their parents have already kind of ruined it… besides any platforms on media aren’t and shouldn’t be for kids
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Pretty sure fb age is 13… i made an account for my daughter when she was a baby as a way to keep all photos and memories growing up… like a memory book I can pass on to her that won’t catch fire… I had to fib the birth date to make it. They have to be 13 to even have an email account to create one. She won’t have access to it until I feel she is ready.
The law says 12 but I would go off of maturity. Mine can’t get one until 16 at least. To protect them from the Internet. And themselves but that’s just me
I think it really depends on the maturity of each child.Mine had one at different ages.
My sons are 13 and 15 and have none and my niece has one at 14.
Kids have moved on to Snapchat and it’s worse than FB ever thought about being.
My kids could whenever they were able to figure it out.