Parents are exaggerating the dangers of Internet child safety.
Parents, secure in the knowledge that behind them, the children travel through the Internet in search of what they don’t need to see the hostages one of the most common myths about the harm to children the world wide web.
Scientists from the London school of Economics asked children from different European countries about what they are doing, and came to the conclusion that the parents are mistaken about their children. Only 36% of children aged 9-16 said they know about computers and the Internet more than their parents, and only one-third told that can easily bypass the security system, exposed older, and change filter settings.
Usually the parents keep the computer in the living room to be able to control children, but most of them have access to the Internet at home or friends with your smartphone. Thus, keeping a closer eye on young users is no longer effective. It is best to talk to them about what they are doing, and from time to time to join them.
Although 38% of children 9-12 years old have their own pages in social networks, contrary to the fears of parents, they hardly spoke there with strangers, and talk with someone you know well in real life. Only 9% of them met a new Internet friend, but most of them were smart enough to go to a meeting alone.
Although parents are most worried about strangers in the network, a more serious problem for children is online bullying. The children who are nasty to their classmates, in 60% of cases themselves previously been victims of cyber-attacks by peers.
As for pornography, and here the situation is not as bad as imagining moms and dads. Only one in seven children faced in network with “adult” content.
