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Cell Phone? Myspace account? e-mail address? MSN messenger account? Be left home alone?

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  1. Yes to email address and phone no to the rest.

    TuRtLe: You need to be 18 or have a high school email address to join facebook


  2. NO, No, and NO!!

  3. NO.  I would love to have all that. my mom says i am too young but i trust her.

  4. none of them

  5. a cell phone yes

    because this gives them a sense of freedom

    a myspace account likely not

    maybe an emil address for distant family and friends

    Im not sure about home alone

    i was left alone and hated it

    but im a stable person now

  6. I think a cell phone if they r the ones that u can only have so many friends. I WOULD NEVER LEAVE A 10 YEAR OLD BY THEMSELF. As for the rest I think it is fine as long as they are monitered while they are on it. Don't let them have a computer in there room but, where u can see what they are doing! There are all sorts of blocks on Myspace u can use.

  7. may have a cellphone and email address but should not be left alone.

  8. Cell phone- maybe if they don't loose things  I got mine when I was ten. Myspace- Not at all! Email address- Sure thats fine. Msn- Thats fine too. Be left home alone-yes

  9. Cell phone - depends. If they spend a lot of time away from home, at activities, sports, friends' houses, then yes, it would be convenient for them to have their own phone.

    Myspace account - that's illegal. You have to be at least fourteen.

    Email - yes. It's a convenient and low-cost way to keep in touch with friends and relatives. Why shouldn't kids have them?

    MSN messenger - probably. You can use the parental controls if you're concerned. This another great way for kids to keep in touch.

    Home alone - that depends on the level of maturity. If they're self-sufficient and responsible, then yes. If they're destructive or untrustworthy, then no.

    In the end, it's all up to the parents' judgement (except the Myspace thing; that definitely should not be allowed).

  10. NO!!!!!!!!!!

  11. Goodness no! I know a lot of them do, but my daughter will be 'uncool'. Kids don't need a cell phone until they can drive, and they don't need to be online unsupervised until they are in that mid-teen age as well... if they want to talk to their school friends they can do it the old fashion way of using the house phone.

  12. cell phone-only if being left home alone. since s/he is, then yes

    myspace-NO. too many scandals on it already, wait until s/he is older

    email-sure, just make sure you can access it so you can check on the people s/he is emailing

    msn messenger-as long as you can see the buddies and make sure s/he doesnt go into chat rooms and the like

    left home alone-depends how much you trust him/her. if you think s/he is responsible enough, then sure!

  13. Are you completely insane? I wouldn't let my 14 year old have all that stuff...  She has to have email for the school's programs, but  it's very closely monitored and she can't get outside emails.

  14. Not on this planet.

  15. no to all of the above til at least 15

  16. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Children do not NEED cell phones, myspace accounts, email addresses, computers or any other type of electronic gadgets.  Nor should a 10-year old be left alone.

  17. chit no !

  18. Cell phone, yes. You never know when they might need it - just don't make it an expensive one - it can get dropped, etc.Myspace, NO!!! Myspace is very dangerous and children are very vulnerable. Email, yes. Never know when they might need it. MSN Messenger, *buddies only*, and see who they're talking to. It has to be a friend from school/relative. Left home alone, it depends. If your ten-year-old is very mature/calm and won't cause a big ruckus, yes. If they are rambunctious and are setting off trouble like firecrackers, then no.

  19. no cell phone, no myspace (they should be at least 16 according to the rules and regulations); email is ok. msn messenger no. depending on the child..if s/he's responsible, maybe. that one's a parent's call, but when a child protection worker came to speak to one of my education classes, she told us not to bug her about kids left alone if they're over 6. I wouldn't leave a six year old home alone, but apparently some people do.

  20. No cell phone...maybe a firefly for emergancies but no cells at ten. MySpace is not a very good site for a ten year old to be on, how about facebook. That site is very private and and only your friends can see your profile. you can also have a limited profile, which means that you can make things invisible for some of your friends. But i don't think MySpace is good for a ten year old. e-mail adress, you should probably wait about 2-3 more years till they get that. MSN accoun, you would need a e-mails so no. Be left home alone....well I didn't like being left home a lone at the age of ten, especially now with all the bad people, and robbers and stuff. You should try getting a babysitter for the ten year old.

  21. Cell phone and email account are okay. The rest no.

  22. The only thing I would say is okay for a 10 year old is "possibly" being home alone for say, an hour-ish max.

    Most 10 year olds aren't mature enough to know how to handle the rest.

    mb

  23. My 6 year old got a firefly (a cell phone that will only call numbers I program in) when he started kindergarten.

    Email - sure so long as you have access to it

    My space - no this is a very grown up service and any one could contact her.

    MSN messenger - sure, again to long as you have access to it and you can set it to where only her contacts can talk to her

    Home alone is a difficult one - My niece is 11 and she is home alone for an hour after school but she is very mature, My other niece (from a different sibling) is 13 and there is no way she could stay home alone- she'd burn the house down or let strangers in. Depends on the maturity level of the kid.

  24. cell phone- too young

    myspace- too young and dangerous

    email-its ok..its good to email friends :)

    msn messenger- well same thing as email!

    be left alone- no not until 13 or 15!

  25. NO!!!

    I teach middle school so I can firmly say they should NOT!

    Mayyyyyyybe an email account but you should have the password and feel free to check it periodically - check the trash can too!

    The cell phones that only call certain number are good for saftey reasons. My students tell me that they will be up till 2/3 am texting from their phones.

    There is nothing good that can come out of a child having a myspace.

  26. I am 13 and I would disagree. I hve a cell phone, so do alot of my friends. You can set a myspace acount to be safer. Don't put your kid in a bottle.

  27. no.....

  28. Yes - Cell Phone & E-Mails

    No- MySpace & MSN

    Depends - Home Alone - How trustworthy he is, far your going, much time you'll be gone.

    I am Ten also, So I know :-)

  29. A celphone maybe but it only can be used for emergencies.

    No to the rest.

  30. Out of those, just an email address, with you having the password and checking the account often.

  31. I think none of the above.  I don't feel as though at 10 years olds that children are responsible enough to take care of those things.  It is hard to monitor them on the internet and if they were home alone there is no telling what they might be doing. So I would say no.
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