Kid Friendly Facebook

11 year old, Zach Marks, went behind his parents back and made himself a Facebook account. He had to lie about his age in order to create this a account and eventually his parents found out. They weren't happy with the adult content that he was being exposed to and made him delete it. Instead of getting upset, Marks began working on his own social media website. The site is called gromsocial.com. It's purpose is to provide a place for young kids to interact and socialize, while still maintaining a safe environment. The website is aimed towards people 16 and younger. There's a curse filter on the site to prevent any language considered inappropriate for kids of that age. I respect the fact that instead of pouting over his parents decision to delete his Facebook, he channeled his energy and created a kid friendly version. Kids in today's society seem to be growing up too quickly and that could be directly related to the maturity of the media they are exposed to. I think Zach's website will be beneficial to a lot of kids because it gives them the option to socialize through the internet but in an appropriate manner for their age. Facebook can pose a threat to a young, impressionable child. The fact that gromsocial.com has strict rules on their age limit, drastically decreases those threats. If kids have the freedom to use sites like gromsocial.com, they won't be as tempted to try out sites like Facebook.