I wouldn't say it is bad for you but I have face book and the people who you add sometimes don't use the best of language so it is very bad for kids under 13 and also if you join and your under the minimum age then it is teaching you to fake your age later on in your life.
Computer games and fast-paced TV shows were also a factor, she said.
'We know how small babies need constant reassurance that they exist,' she told the Mail yesterday.
'My fear is that these technologies are infantilising the brain into the state of small children who are attracted by buzzing noises and bright lights, who have a small attention span and who live for the moment.'
Professor Susan Greenfield: Concerned
Her comments echoed those she made during a House of Lords debate earlier this month. Then she argued that exposure to computer games, instant messaging, chat rooms and social networking sites could leave a generation with poor attention spans.
'I often wonder whether real conversation in real time may eventually give way to these sanitised and easier screen dialogues, in much the same way as killing, skinning and butchering an animal to eat has been replaced by the convenience of packages of meat on the supermarket shelf,' she said.
Lady Greenfield told the Lords a teacher of 30 years had told her she had noticed a sharp decline in the ability of her pupils to understand others.
'It is hard to see how living this way on a daily basis will not result in brains, or rather minds, different from those of previous generations,' she said.
She pointed out that autistic people, who usually find it hard to communicate, were particularly comfortable using computers.
'Of course, we do not know whether the current increase in autism is due more to increased awareness and diagnosis of autism, or whether it can - if there is a true increase - be in any way linked to an increased prevalence among people of spending time in screen relationships. Surely it is a point worth considering,' she added.
Psychologists have also argued that digital technology is changing the way we think. They point out that students no longer need to plan essays before starting to write - thanks to word processors they can edit as they go along. Satellite navigation systems have negated the need to decipher maps.
A study by the Broadcaster Audience Research Board found teenagers now spend seven-and-a-half hours a day in front of a screen.
Educational psychologist Jane Healy believes children should be kept away from computer games until they are seven. Most games only trigger the 'flight or fight' region of the brain, rather than the vital areas responsible for reasoning.
Sue Palmer, author of Toxic Childhood, said: 'We are seeing children's brain development damaged because they don't engage in the activity they have engaged in for millennia.
'I'm not against technology and computers. But before they start social networking, they need to learn to make real relationships with people.'
It isn't really that bad. But some people think it is bad because of peadophiles and hackers. If you want to use a social networking site make shore its safe.
?? it's not..
kids get on facebook to be noisy.Face book is for grown-ups.Really bad things are on Facebook.Such as:cursing,therts,and other bad things on Facebook.That's why kids should never ever get on Facebook.
No its not facebook is good for kids. The kids shoulld have facebook to talk to he/her friends and family well i may wong. You will have to tell your kids dont add people they dont no.
They don't allow facebook at school is because aparently its bad for the kids.
So That Kids Will not do Bad stuff!!
Yes do not believe everything you here bad you here about facebook. I personally think you should let your kids be social
Facebook is not good for kidKids could do bad things like someone tells a kid to kill some one see that's bad or someone tells a kids to annoy someone my friend was on Facebook and someone said to my friend to this girl named Maryanne and she did
Facebook makes it easier to stalk and find you. Your stupid pictures and notes can (and will) be read by employers, costing you jobs down the road.
not good, against some sort of privacy law
the kids facebook called
Yes there is a facebook for kids under 13 years old. The facebook for kids is FBFK (facebook for kids) which is made so kids under 13 can still have facebook. Just remember not to let your kids on fb till there 13+.
i dont think it could negativly impact ones learning capabilitys
call of duty is not a bad game for kids. maybe if there under 13. and since cod is rated M it is bloody. find me on facebook Woodrow Benjamin mcconnell