The 2010 Norton Online Family Report is proving helpful for parents as they seek to make the Internet safe for their kids. Though the report shows a 10% increase from 2009 in the amount of time children around the world spend online, it seems that parents are more aware of this than in earlier years. While in general 44% of parents say that they should have control over their children's activities online, 61% of Canadian and US parents say this should be so.
The biggest surprise of the study revealed that 62% of children have had negative experiences online, while only 45% of parents realized this. The negative experiences were outlined as "Someone I didn't know tried to add me as a friend." "I downloaded a virus." "I've seen violent or nude images online." and "Someone I didn't knw tried to get me to meet them in real life."
Thankfully, 87% of the children said they would seek adult support if they felt threatened with physical harm and 84% would tell an adult if they were being threatened or blackmailed online.
Out of the 90% of children who had family computer rules, 9 out of 10 say they follow them, but 48% believe they are actually more careful online than their parents.
Based on this study, what are you doing when your kids are surfing the Internet?
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