Go onto MySpace, have a look around, gain bearings on what exactly MySpace is, measure your childs maturity with the maturity and influence of the website, and decide for yourself. Every 13-year-old is different.

I think so. I don't think you should have one until you're about 16. If she's looking for a fun, free online community, I would suggest Neopets or even toontown.com (Disney has a nice thing going with that).

You know your daughter's mind best. So only you can judge. Please don't follow age as the criterion. It is the mental and emotional maturity that matters.

yes, she is too young. myspace was NOT designed for thirteen year-olds. facebook is a bit safer, as only people in her network can see her profile.

You know her better than anyone. Like all young people it does not hurt to supervise!

It's not terrible. I got mine when I was in 6th grade. Just make sure her profile is private and explain to her not to add any old person that requests her or otherwise, and to tell you if anyone is acting innapropriately.

As long as you keep an eye on her webpage & conversations, I think it's safe.

You will need to have access to it. You also NEED to make sure that she understands internet safety. She is the perfect age to become a victim of an internet predator. Go to http://perverted-justice.com/ and educate yourself (and her) about how pedophile predators operate on the internet and how to protect your children from them. Also, there is a section called "how to deal with creepy people" which you should use to educate your daughter on how to behave when someone approaches her on myspace -- and they probably will. As long as you are perfectly aware of the risks and how to mitigate them, you can allow your daughter on Myspace. I am on myspace. I've been approached by "creepy people" myself and I'm not a child. It's very important that you have access to her account until she is older. As many people have pointed out, FaceBook is a little bit safer -- and more popular with high school and college kids for that reason. That would be a better place to start.

No, as long as you make sure her privacy settings are all set to keep her safe and keep an eye on her account to make sure you know and trust the people she is adding.

Thats when i got mine, Its acually safer than people make it out to be. You can make your profile and pictures private and youpick who you add, so I say let her have it. I'm 14 by the way in eighth grade, i know what im talking about

I think that the minimum age for Myspace is 14. But if you think that she's mature enough, I would say it's probably OK as long as you make sure that her profile is set to private so that only her friends can see it. You could have access to her account yourself (although that might be a little strange and helicopter-mom-ish) or you could even set up an account yourself and "friend" her. Also, I would discourage her from "friend-ing" anyone who she doesn't know in real life. Some of them are absolute creepers. Not only that, there are a lot of people out there who will pretend to be young boys or girls on the internet to gain the trust of teenagers. There was a case a couple of years ago where a mother, daughter, and another woman pretended to be a 16-year-old boy solely to befriend one of the daughter's friends, have a "relationship" with her, and then make her feel terrible about herself. That girl committed suicide. I'm not saying that it's likely for something like that to happen to your daugher (it seems pretty unlikely), but it's just an example of some of the creepy people out there. Just make sure she sticks to people she actually knows.