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Yeah, kids tend to mimic adults, but push the behavior to a worse degree due to a still underdeveloped risk-reward judgment sense; psychologists and behaviorists have found that teenagers are wired to engage in risky behavior for what seems like very little payoff. Its why they're vulnerable to peer pressure. What's worse is that they don't understand that peer pressure isn't just about other kids bullying you into doing something you don't want to do: when people around you cheer you on into doing something stupid or harmful, that's a kind of peer pressure as well, the kind that most often gets someone into trouble.

Obviously, facebook won't be a horror story for everyone, but definitely it might be for some. I agree that education is the way to go, not just ofr facebook but for internet safety in general. Even at a young age kids need to understand that when they're on the internet, by default that means they're not just sitting in front of their computer in private, interacting just with their families and peers: they're exposing themselves to the world, and sometimes the impression they make can be permanent.