1. A method comprising: receiving a request from a user of a social networking system to create a limited user profile for an additional user of a particular age; determining that the additional user does not satisfy one or more criteria for maintaining a user profile via the social networking system, the determining based in part on a comparison of a threshold age limit with the particular age of the additional user; determining that the additional user is a child based on the determination not satisfying the one or more criteria; responsive to determining that the additional user is a child, identifying one or more permissions associated with the limited user profile for the additional user by the user, the identified one or more permissions specifying fewer permissions than associated with a user profile maintained by the social networking system, determining one or more privacy settings associated with the limited user profile for the additional user by the user, a privacy setting associated with a type of interaction with the limited user profile and identifying a user who is able to authorize the type of interaction with the limited user profile, generating the limited user profile for the additional user based at least in part on information included in the request, the identified one or more permissions, and the determined one or more privacy settings, and storing the limited user profile for the additional user and a connection between the limited user profile for the additional user and the user; and associating the additional user with content maintained by the social networking system in response to approval from a user who is able to authorize the association as specified in the one or more privacy settings.
1. A method comprising: receiving a request from a user of a social networking system to create a limited user profile for an additional user of a particular age; determining that the additional user does not satisfy one or more criteria for maintaining a user profile via the social networking system, the determining based in part on a comparison of a threshold age limit with the particular age of the additional user; determining that the additional user is a child based on the determination not satisfying the one or more criteria; responsive to determining that the additional user is a child, identifying one or more permissions associated with the limited user profile for the additional user by the user, the identified one or more permissions specifying fewer permissions than associated with a user profile maintained by the social networking system, determining one or more privacy settings associated with the limited user profile for the additional user by the user, a privacy setting associated with a type of interaction with the limited user profile and identifying a user who is able to authorize the type of interaction with the limited user profile, generating the limited user profile for the additional user based at least in part on information included in the request, the identified one or more permissions, and the determined one or more privacy settings, and storing the limited user profile for the additional user and a connection between the limited user profile for the additional user and the user; and associating the additional user with content maintained by the social networking system in response to approval from a user who is able to authorize the association as specified in the one or more privacy settings. 9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information included in the request is selected from a group consisting of: a name of the additional user, an age of the additional user, a gender of the additional user, one or more events associated with the additional user, a description of the additional user, and any combination thereof.