Click to download the slide sets associated with each presentation: 1  Presentation at 33rd annual convention of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, San Diego, CA.  Presentation at 33rd annual convention of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, San Diego, CA.
Facebookâs Terms of Service require that children be at least 13 years of age to join the site. Half of parents (50 percent) in our study report that their child is on Facebook, even in cases where children do not meet the legal age requirement for use of the site.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS. 1  Facebook, MySpace require users to be 13, but the sites can't really enforce it. 2  Study found 38 percent of kids ages 12 to 14 have online profiles. 3  One Georgia parent allows kids to use networking sites, but with rules, supervision. 4  Expert: Kids' social networking use is pretty harmless.