MySpace.com is one of the most popular social networking sites and is considered to be rapidly growing every month for young teens to adults. Based on the MySpace.com rules individuals must be at least 14 years old to be able to set up a profile. Even with this rules this does not stop anyone from opening an account and everyday a number of young teens signs up and makes their own profile page without any guardian or parent’s knowledge and approval. However, due to the fact that the site is so large it is very difficult to monitor such actions but if known MySpace.com deletes pages of any user they found to be under the age of 14.

If you became aware that your child has a MySpace account without your permission there are some steps to take on what to do about it. MySpace.com suggests that you talk to your child to cancel the account if you want the account to be deleted. To do this, try logging on to the site and click on Account settings. Then, select Cancel Account. MySpace will send you an email to the user’s email address to confirm the removal of the account.

If by chance that you did not receive any confirmation email from MySpace.com, it is recommended that you delete all information or content of your child’s profile and then select Remove Profile in the About Me section. This action signals MySpace.com that you have already taking control of your child’s account.

Even though children and teens under 14 are not allowed to join and set up profile pages, it must be always remembered by teens and adults who are 14 and older that they can have fun and enjoy exciting experience assuming that they follow the correct safety precautions. Many parents has opted to monitor their children’s profile pages by creating their own profile pages and monitor in this way rather than removing their child’s account from the site. This action usually works than having them delete their profile pages or getting from them their username and password for two significant reasons. First thing, even if you have removed your child’s account they could still easily sign up for another account. Another thing, if you insist on getting their username and password they could easily change it. While creating your own profile page it allows you to view your child’s approved friends and what they are posting on their profile page.

Lastly, remember to explain to them the safety guidelines to help your child understand how they can stay away from any potential dangers. The guidelines include:

• Tell and always remind your children not to lie about their age. Take safety precautions such as automatically set the profile private to keep kids safe from any potential dangers.

• Explain to your children the fact that Myspace.com is public and can be viewed by just anyone and with such they should not be posting private and confidential information like their full name, address and phone number that would make it easier for people to locate them.

• Remind your children not to post anything that they would feel embarrassed by it in the future.

• One last thing, always remind them not to trust and believe everything they read because everyone is not who they say they are. Children must be cautious on adding friend requests from strangers and most importantly meeting people in person they meet online.

The time you spent to work and discuss with your children about safety precautions, parents can say that their children will avoid and be protected while still having fun and enjoying social and even educational experience that is available online.