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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have an 11 yr. old daughter who is obsessed with the idea of having an Instagram account.  She says all her friends have one (which is true, she showed me) and she desperately wants one too.  I'm concerned because I know technically you have to be at least 13 and she's not; I've heard about some awful things showing up on Instagram; and I think she's already distracted enough by YouTube, texting, etc.  We monitor those last two and only let her do it in moderation, but it still seems to take up a lot of her brain space.

At what age did your kids get IG accounts and are there any things I should be particularly concerned about, or am I worried about nothing?  TIA.
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I am in the same boat with my 11 yr old and I was going to hold out until she was 13 but recently changed my mind. Right now, not all of her friends have it but some do. For my kid, there is going to be a learning curve on this in terms of what to post, how to comment, how to like, etc, so I decided better to start now when there are few kids to see her mistakes and they can more easily be deleted/fixed then in a year or so when it really matters for her socially.[/quote]

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