My 16yr old autistic son wants to join Facebook

Hello,

does anyone have experience of setting up a Facebook account for their autistic child. My son is 16 and very keen to have an account but of course I’m worried about cyber bullying. Is there a way to set his account so that friend requests are restricted/monitored in some way?

sounds awful I know but we all know the world is not like a Disney movie, it does have some right nasty evil people in it

thanks

anxious Dad

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  • the only way u can do it is to have his password then u can log in as him and check what is being said to him. Apart from that, which ur son probably wont agree to, teach him how to report to FB bullying activity and how to block someone.

    Learn about privacy settings and help him set up the account so only his friends can post to him.

    Set up your own account  and practice posting to him, and him to you, so you can check how people see his account.  

     Check the latest IM (aka FB "Chat" aka FB "Messenger" ) settings -- FB has changed since i used it. Use ur account to see if u can IM him against his wishes. 

    Dont go on Face book before getting to know all the privcy settings first. Set up your account first before you set up his so u can check his as soon as he is on.

    Learn FB.  If he is in a wee group of friends dont worry too much, he will be savy in no time, and besides its good to learn something new. He will be able to join quiz groups and autistic groups and hobby groups. 

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  • the only way u can do it is to have his password then u can log in as him and check what is being said to him. Apart from that, which ur son probably wont agree to, teach him how to report to FB bullying activity and how to block someone.

    Learn about privacy settings and help him set up the account so only his friends can post to him.

    Set up your own account  and practice posting to him, and him to you, so you can check how people see his account.  

     Check the latest IM (aka FB "Chat" aka FB "Messenger" ) settings -- FB has changed since i used it. Use ur account to see if u can IM him against his wishes. 

    Dont go on Face book before getting to know all the privcy settings first. Set up your account first before you set up his so u can check his as soon as he is on.

    Learn FB.  If he is in a wee group of friends dont worry too much, he will be savy in no time, and besides its good to learn something new. He will be able to join quiz groups and autistic groups and hobby groups. 

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