Formspring is a site, it's an anonymous site. It was created a few years ago, and it's persisted where anyone can put up a question. You can post it anonymously or you can post it non-anonymously, and people can answer anonymously or non-anonymously, depending on the way you have set it up, but children don't really understand the repercussions of these kinds of things. Some children will post a question, and they may be public in posting it, and lots of people answer anonymously, and they may be really cruel in their answers. Formspring has had a lot of controversy because there has been a lot of bullying, there were a few deaths associated with Formspring - obviously, Formspring wasn't responsible, but kids felt bullied because once something is anonymous, people can say whatever they want and kids don't understand these words can really hurt. I recommend that kids don't go on Formspring. Most kids don't have the social learning to understand the power of this kind of form, but kids are kids. If your kid is on there, and you find out, I would really talk to them. First of all I'd talk to them about what they're posting, what other people are posting; how that can seem like bullying, how it can come across; what is being posted on there, and second of all, I would really go through the privacy settings and really make them understand what's anonymous, what's non-anonymous, if they're actually going to post a question, can other people find what they're posting etc.