I still say 13 is to young. I'm talking about participation, not reading...Once they enter a thread as a participant it censors the life out of the thread. And those who have deciced to post without regard for the age of that participant are being chastised by other members....As I said to Altron when he asked...I would have no problem if I knew the parents were ok with them being here. I can't imagine that that is the case for any of those under 16.... And the idea of posting as usual sounds good, but I find myself not participating in many threads just because there is a 13/14 year old participating...
I believe an example was once fronted about imagining we were at a party and a 13 year old walked in while a racey discussion were taking place. Would we be ignorant to them or not, blah, blah...I think we would send them out of the room......