If you’re asking yourself whether or not your child should be using a site like Twitter, here are the pros and cons:

Pros: The pros of having your child use a site like Twitter are the fact that they can keep in touch with their friends and family members. They can also stay in the loop with what’s going on and even use it to talk with people they haven’t talked to in a long time.

Cons: The cons of your child using Twitter are the fact that they need to learn they can survive without technology. It’s not always important to update their status on what they’re doing throughout the day. Children should be having fun and be out playing with their friends. They also don’t need to rely on these sites to keep them entertained.

As you can see, there are some great pros and cons to take into consideration when it comes to allowing your child to use a site like Twitter.

For those social network users who have children the concern about safety is increased dramatically. Parents often worry about predators who seek out young users in order to mistreat them. As scary as that thought is, many sites offer the ability to block certain content based on the users age. Some sites will not allow users younger than thirteen, while others use the birth date to decide what they can and cannot view. The Twitter community is no different from other sites. While there is a lot of disturbing material available, with the guidance of parents, it can be a safe and fun place for kids. As long as a watchful eye is kept, and the lines of communication between parents and their children remain open, the Twitter community could be very fun and useful to kids.

Out of all the social networking sites we have to choose from, Twitter is the easiest to set up and it requires very little personal data. The process of setting up an account takes only minutes and you won’t have to give out large amounts of personal information. This is great for all you people out there that wish to avoid the law! Once your account is set up (which, did I mention, only takes minutes) you will instantly be able to follow people and make your own tweets. So, do you need to be involved? No. Do you want to be involved? Log on to Twitter and find out for yourself!

Twitter is not only user friendly and free but it also is the main form of communication from celebrities to their fans. With Twitter, you can simply get all your juicy celeb gossip and celebrity news in one easy to access site. The site helps people feel connected to the celebrity as well assists in helping maintain their popularity with fans, film makers, agents and otherwise, in turn keeping their overall careers maintained. If you’re lucky, you may even be able to communicate directly to a celebrity VIA Twitter as many celebrities will respond to individual tweets.

Overall, Twitter is a great way to promote yourself if you’re an anybody in the celebrity world. Even if you’re not a superstar, Twitter is the perfect way to keep in contact with long distance friends, relatives and co workers.

When you wake up the next morning and check your Twitter account you find that you only have fifteen followers, and ten of those were automatic. Oh, the humanity! After downing your fifth cup of coffee before noon, you decide that following mass amounts of Twitterers is not enough. It is at that moment you realize that Twitter is all about content! There are millions of things you can say with 140 characters, and odds are that of the millions of people that use Twitter at least one will find what you have to say as a compelling enough reason to follow you (that, or they simply pity you). In short: if content is interesting/entertaining and you are persistent, people will follow you!