Do you let your children use y!answers?

Question

Do you let your children use yahoo answers? Why or why not?

I let my son use it but limit his time (and he is supervised).

I'm curious about other parent's opinions on this.

Answer 1

yeah. why woudnt you let him?? your strict

Answer 2

Keep doing what you're doing. Let children use this site. Just watch what they do and see ( something that parents should always do when their kids use the internet )

Answer 3

No, but my oldest is only 10. She won't have answers to most things and knows of other ways to find answers to her own questions. I'd really prefer she not get involved with Y!A until she's older. Or not at all. :D

Answer 4

Yea why would you?

Answer 5

I agree there are a few here who keep asking for answers to ALL the PENN FOSTER tests and that's cheating and wrong.

They also ask for EVERY answer to EVERY question on their high school tests.

Not cool.

Most people here tell them to go Google it, which is a responsible thing to do!

Answer 6

We discuss several of the topics on here, and other forums like the society and culture, teaching, religion and mythology together; although they give their opinion from time to time, presently my children have no interest in using it.

Depending on their ages, and maturity level, if, and when they do get interested we will discuss the do's, and don'ts, and how to be discerning as to what questions to answer, or how not to react to some of the outright misinformation that gets passed off as factual answers; basically how to separate fact from fiction, and personal opinions.

Yes, it would be supervised just like any other site they go on.

This does not imply that we do not trust them; we would rather be safe than sorry; you cannot prevent everything, but you can minimize it.

Answer 7

As a teacher, I would not let my children use Yahoo answers...It is just people's opinions and not based on any research

Answer 8

No, they are g**s on it and perverted prostitute!

Answer 9

Nope! I don't think that they need to be on here. To me its kinda like a chat room.

Answer 10

Sure.  He uses Y!A from time to time.  He's 15 and I pretty much give him free reign of the Internet.  Why do I allow it?  Because I trust him.

Answer 11

My 12 yo gets on here from time to time, I allow it unlimited because he learns a lot from the world. He's mostly in the video games and such. I wouldn't say I supervise him, but he trusts me because I trust him, and he's always come to me with problems (like guys posting weird c**p)

My girls could get on, but as my 8yo says, "why would I use Yahoo answers for stuff I need to know? Nearly all of it is opinion!" If they want to know something, they just use google, and hit a couple of websites about the subject. Much more broad, more info and lots of links.

Answer 12

My oldest uses it once in a while.  Honestly though, unless she has a question about one of her pets she would rather spend her time doing something else.

Answer 13

I never heard of it