Social Networks: Thinking Of The Children : NPR - 2 views
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John Pearce on 12 Jul 11Andy Affleck is debating whether to allow his 11-year-old son, Jack, to have a Facebook account. Director of engineering at a small tech company near Providence, R.I., Affleck says he feels very strongly "that children need to be socialized in the online world just as much as they do in the real world." Andy Affleck/Andy Affleck Andy Affleck with Jack in 2009. So Affleck the elder, who ponders these things on his Webcrumbs blog, is thinking about creating a Facebook page for Affleck the younger.