Child Members and Forum Staff

[Shawn Gossman]

What is your opinion on forum members who are under the age of 18 or legal adult age in your country?

Is this something that you allow? If so, have you created guidelines to help protect youth when they use your forum?

What's your opinion on promoting child members to staff positions like admin or mod? Or of those who start their own forum?

 

[AWS]

Some forums yes. Others no. Depends on the niche.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

Some forums yes. Others no. Depends on the niche.

I agree.

Personally, I just wouldn't want to deal with it as far as staff goes. There are some things that if they see it, it can be a legal issue and spam can get pretty vivid at times.

I welcome members between the ages of 13 to 17, though, as long as they behave.