Would you let your kids be members on your forum?

[Cedric]

Is your forum family friendly enough to allow your kids on them? Or do you think they have no business on your forum and would act strange on it?Would you let them on even if other minors weren't allowed because you know you could supervise them? At what age would you be ok with them participating?

 

[Bluezone777]

I wouldn't recommend it for a couple of reasons.

1. You can't fully control the content that gets posted and you might be exposing your child to content you rather they didn't see. Being able to remove posts doesn't stop them from getting posted in the first place and you can't be on all the time.
2. You won't be objective in how you handle them and may easily fall into the trap of overlooking infractionsn you wouldn't overlook if anyone else did them. It's tough enough being objective in handling your friends but your kids is a whole other level.

 

[Cory]

I probably wouldn't allow kids to join any forums until the age of 13, which is the legal age for a person to join a forum without parental consent in accordance with COPPA. You never know what type of spam could be posted, what type of discussions people will get into, and what scams kids could possibly get themselves into. It's risky, to say the least, I think.

 

[Shortie]

I personally would allow it myself with the ages my kids are now and I know that I would be there to keep an eye on them but would also have staff members to keep an eye on them as well. All my kids are now 13 and above so the age to be able to use forums and I would ensure that they have a set user group so I know they couldn't gain access to anything I didn't want them to.

 

[Kyng]

I doubt I'll ever have kids, but if I did... then, I don't think I'd tell them about the forum.

(Of course, if they discovered it of their own volition, then I'd let them stay, as long as they were 13+ and didn't do anything ban-worthy. But I doubt they'd even want to: at that age, they'd consider it "uncool" to participate in their parents' social activities!)

 

[Smokey]

I personally would allow it myself with the ages my kids are now and I know that I would be there to keep an eye on them but would also have staff members to keep an eye on them as well. All my kids are now 13 and above so the age to be able to use forums and I would ensure that they have a set user group so I know they couldn't gain access to anything I didn't want them to.

Pretty much this. I don't have kids myself, but if you count Shortie's kids then the same goes for me.

 

[Kale]

Had been on forums where the site's admins or even mods were family. Mainly cousins and siblings were staff and/or users. Nope, doesn't go over well. I'd not want my own kids on my forum as a member, let alone staff.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I would allow them to be.

I don't like profanity and adult-themed content. I'm not against it but I don't want it on my forums. There are plenty of forums for that sort of thing.

I'd rather keep a community family friendly. I'm now a family man and I just see it that way.

It's the same with my hiking brand. I have a lot of kid fans that look up to me. I try my best to set the best example I can.

So, kids on my forums would be okay. But I wouldn't allow them to moderate it.

 

[Reverie]

I can't imagine having children and then having them on my forums. I wouldn't not allow them to join forums, and if they magically joined one of mine I would probably limit what they saw in some form or fashion. If they join a forum for a video game or something - which would likely be how it would work out I wouldn't mind.

 

[Ravenfreak]

I don't have kids, but I wouldn't want any kid under 13 joining my forum. I can moderate posts and hope that they don't break any rules, but my rules are pretty relaxed. Of course I don't allow sexual content, so I wouldn't worry about that aspect. However, when it comes to cussing I don't mind if members cuss and some parents might not want their 13 year olds cussing if they don't already.

 

[ClicketyKat]

My daughter is 29 so yeah, she's more than welcome to be on my forums

 

[Tracy]

Is your forum family friendly enough to allow your kids on them? Or do you think they have no business on your forum and would act strange on it?Would you let them on even if other minors weren't allowed because you know you could supervise them? At what age would you be ok with them participating?

Yes, mine is.
Have no issues with 7th grade and higher on the site... in fact, have created a few social groups to eventually use when we start hitting up the local schools to see if there is any interest amongst the students for the niche. Each social group is a closed group and it has it's own discussion area and also event calendar.

 

[Jason]

My sites don't allow bad language on them so I don't see the problem.