At what age did your kids get an Instagram a/c

No, I would not set up an Instagram account for my 10/11yo.I would hold off on the social media blasts as long as possible. Mine were 8th & 10th grades before accounts were set up.

I think most social media sites say 13.

13

My dd was 15 when she got her first Instagram account. Better to be safe than sorry.

OK, I just went and asked my son (he of the pornographic pics ^^^^^) and he said as long as your daughter doesn't follow random people and doesn't let random people follow her, she should be safe. It would be up to you (if you let her) to monitor it closely and make sure she's only following her friends posting cute puppies etc. 

In my house, social media is something we would rather wait on. It is my opinion that social media is not just dangerous for tweens because of strangers who could access them, but because of how people they know can use it.

Tweens and young teens in my opinion don't tend to have the judgment and the developmental maturity to handle situations that might arise. I see so many adults who can't hack it on social media and get sucked up into this endless cycle of drama and misery. It is my intent to try to avoid exposing my child to that for a while.

I also don't want to reinforce her inherent fear of missing out by providing her with access to social media just for the purpose of seeing what other people are doing on social media.

I did set her up with google chat on her phone so she could keep in touch with some friends when they can't be together since they live in a different town. I monitor that pretty heavily.

I looked at the recent posts for one of my tags today and nudity was not the issue. There was a woman inserting a cola bottle into her vagina and a man with an uncovered erection in that feed. The tag? #gradschool

I don't care if my kid looks at titties. But looking at a woman imposing herself on a coke bottle is too much for even me.

Social media all requires one to be 13 or older to set up an account - or to lie about your birthdate (not something I'm okay condoning - ymmv). At least in the States, it's due to the COPPA - which "imposes certain requirements on operators of websites or online services directed to children under 13 years of age, and on operators of other websites or online services that have actual knowledge that they are collecting personal information online from a child under 13 years of age."

My youngest has NO social media - she's 9, almost 10 and she knows the rule is 13.

My middle is 16 - she has had FB since 13 (I helped her set it up on her birthday - that way I could make sure the privacy settings were tight) and Twitter/Tumbler since she started high school. As far as I know she doesn't have Instagram (although I'm not naive enough to think that she couldn't have it without my knowledge) but she also doesn't have a smartphone so no apps.

There is a ton of porn on IG. You can be on private all you want but if you start searching hashtags especially popular ones say #Olympics2016 or #backtoschool2016 you will find porn. People who post the pics and videos know others search the popular hashtags and they stick them on porn pics. It's a each way to get views that way for them.

High school for my kids.

I'm not allowing my 13 yo to have social media for now. She hasn't asked since we had a discussion about reasonings. She just doesn't need it and has a full and active social life without it. My 11 yo hasn't asked or seemed interested yet.