Facebook is the social media site, used by millions upon millions of people each and every day. One of the fundamental problems with life is that wisdom, if it comes, is something that typically comes with age, experience, and general intelligence, so that the fact that at thirteen years old you can have your own Facebook account is probably not such a good thing, because at age thirteen, or even older, you really don't have a good conception of exactly how your posts, your pictures, your likes, and your comments will follow you, seemingly forever, and can easily once posted, be essentially out of your control.
Some parents consider that Facebook is a wonderful platform for children to have because if gives the parents an easy opportunity to check on what their children are really up to by simply reading and looking at the posts and if so desired, following posts onto other children's pages and so forth. It doesn't help that far too many people on Facebook have a strong desire to have a lengthy friend list and the longer that list is, the less control or understanding they will have of whom is really following you, friend, family, or foe, as the case may be.
The best way of looking at your Facebook account, no matter its public or private setting, is to see each and every post that you make, as basically being available for anyone at anytime, forever. While this may not be literally true, depending upon your sophistication and settings that you have initiated, it is true enough, that it should make you think about it twice. It is one thing entirely to send a picture or text message via a cell phone to a real friend and an entirely different thing to post it on Facebook. Inthe first instant, this is a modern way of communication which pretty much follows traditional rules in regards to privacy and discretion, while in regards to the other case, you have literally opened up Pandora's box, perhaps unwittingly.
Most people have a strong interest in seeing that their relationship with their parents is a good one, to which, they will when pressed to tell the truth about an unfortunate event, they will often resort to lying to their parents, simply because they feel that the alternative to not lying is even worst. The problem with Facebook in these types of situations is that Facebook will allow parents to get a very good perspective on who you really are, and what you are really up to, so that lying about not being at a certain party the night before, when you have pictures of the event on your Facebook page is a lie that will not pass muster whatsoever. This means that in a sense, that Facebook becomes a social media site that will watch you, a little bit akin to a parent watching you indiscriminately 24/7, which may not be what you really desire or seek.
Perhaps you want to live your life like an open book, for all to know what is important to you and what you do each and every day, if so, Facebook is a wonderful format for doing so, because those that spend any given time on your page, will learn an incredible amount about you, your habits and your mindset, probably way more than you really desire, of which it should be remembered that information is power, and he who has that power, has you in the grip of his hand.