These sites expose teens to the world. They enable teens to access people living anywhere in the U.S. or in foreign countries, as well as their peers from school. It’s a place where they can create and showcase who they are and also keep tabs on all of their friends. Unless under a hidden view or setting, profile pages are open for all to see. But most of all, teens love social networking sites because it’s their space. There is a sense of empowerment attached to controlling a piece of their own world… and this is typically a world where parents are not present.