NEW YORK- despite the limitations of age on some social media sites, the number of parents U.S. which would allow children aged 10 to 12 years to have a Facebook account or MySpace has doubled in a year, a new survey showed.
Seventeen percent of parents U.S. interviewed in the survey said that they had no problem with a pre-teen child with a site of social media, compared to only eight per cent a year ago.
And 11 per cent of parents admitted having used social media on behalf of an infant or young child sites, according to the online survey of approximately 1,000 adults by the Liberty Mutual responsibility project.
"Parents more are allowing their children to have a Facebook account or have more activity in line with the younger and younger ages.", said Janet Taylor.
The clinical instructor of Psychiatry at Columbia University in New York City Hospital described the findings as a sign of the times.
"It is not alarming." I think that this means that we must be aware of what is happening and how better use social media, "she added in an interview."
Most parents think that children under 18 are not able to keep their account to themselves and a third monitor their use. Forty four percent to limit the time spent on the Internet or by text.
Facebook, which has 500 million active users, has been the most popular social network among adults in the survey. Almost 90 per cent used frequently, followed by a second very remote professional site LinkedIn with 6%, Twitter and MySpace.
Although only 3% of the interviewees said that they often use the microblogging site Twitter, they had specific ideas on what is acceptable and what was not.
About two-thirds think that it is unacceptable for the staff of celebrities and CEOs of ghost-tweet for them and 46 percent thought celebrities should use Twitter to discuss with them.
Twenty seven percent also do not share CEOs tweeting on their business.
Most Twitter users follow their friends and celebrities and communicate about their daily activities or current events. Only four per cent tweeted on politicians or a religious leader, while what 11% tweeted on their own achievements and 8% used to criticize others.
Questioned about cyberbullying, most of the parents said they believed that it was their responsibility to resolve the situation if their child has been victim and schools and by 63 percent thought teachers must do more to stop it.
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