Social Networking - At What Age?

Social Networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, & MySpace, are some of the most popular and fastest growing communities on the web. Each site has a similar minimum age restriction (13 years old), however, one would be naive to think that none of our students under the age of 13 have accounts and use these sites.

So the questions are:

• What should we teach students about these sites?
• When should we teach students about the requirements & safety issues regarding these sites?
• What to do about students that want to use these sites at school?
• What to do about students who are under 13 & have accounts?