A survey of Internet use by those 10-13 found “that...
A survey of Internet use by those 10-13 found “that parents are doing a good job monitoring their children’s online behavior, including talking to them and setting guidelines and restrictions for Internet use on home computers,” said an announcement Wednesday.…
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“Yet there is room for improvement, especially when it comes to keeping tweens safer when they use mobile and other connected devices.” Cox Communications sponsored the research, the Tween Internet Safety Survey, with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. It found that 95 percent of the subjects use mobile devices to go online. These devices and gaming consoles lack “guidelines and controls,” leaving “tweens vulnerable,” the announcement said. “While 68 percent of parents surveyed said they monitored their child’s Internet behavior on mobile devices, the survey showed that only 1 in 5 (17 percent) actually use basic parental control features such as age appropriate web content filtering on smartphones, tablets and game consoles."