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The Great Facebook Debate I've wanted to chime in on the subject of age appropriateness of kids using social networking sites, such as Facebook , probably since in the inception of Just Add Kids . With the First Lady, Michelle Obama's opinion of how she feels Facebook fits into the lives of her children, Malia and Sasha, the national conversation has heated up. Facebook is such a big part of my life, both personally and professionally. To me, a mature 40 something mom and business owner, it is an integral, efficient, inexpensive pipeline for communication and connectedness.  At the same time, I am perplexed when it comes to the necessity of my kids having their own social networking sites . I've witnessed the evolution of electronic communication among our youth starting with email, to AIM, to now mobile phone texting and social networking.  I cannot believe it's been already 3 years that my now 16 year old daughter talked about getting a MySpace account.  Of course...