Parents divided on monitoring their kids' Internet use
[2023-06-12 03:42:40]
It's not as easy as parents, but the internet did not make this work easier. Do parents carefully monitor children's online behavior?
In a new study of the Digital Future Project, we found that there is a difference in the method of parental governance of Internet governance. Answering that 70% of parents monitor online activity on Facebook and other social media sites, 46% of parents answered that they can access their child's account with a password. In contrast, 30% of parents do not want to trust their children, do not want to show lack of trust, do not know how to use social media sites, do not have time, do not involve online interaction
Pediatrician and parenting expert Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe, CEO of parenting website PediatricsNow.com, says: "You deal with so many different kinds of people and parenting methods."
The findings were obtained from the Digital Future Project, a long-term survey of Internet users' perspectives and behavior, hosted by the director Jeffrey Cole, the Annaberg Digital Future Center at the University of Southern California.
To prevent browsing of inappropriate websites, some parents download programs such as Spectorsoft, which monitors the usage of the Internet, protects, records and protects it. However, O'Keeffe does not recommend using such software unless it is in special circumstances.
"You love your child, you want to protect them, so you do things," she said. "But children are not these evil creatures, so you have to think about why you should use these programs, that your reasoning is more than just trusting the online world Please check it. "
In addition to their parents' efforts to keep up with the continued development of network use and development, the government's latest COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) renewal will be effective from 1 July. Protection of minors Personal information
However, compared with the EU, Cole said the United States is a little behind the learning curve. Europe not only gives people the "forgotten rights" of social media sites, but also allows them to clean their online records, but it also restricts access to corporate personal information.
"I like this idea," Cole said. "Children and teenagers are just experimenting, they should be free to understand their lives before becoming a child, before they hurt others."
Despite these efforts, government regulations are still difficult to catch up as new places emerge everyday. Therefore, Mom and Dad take the initiative on the Internet.
O'Keefe said: "In the long run, parents still need to notice, strengthening that they need to find a happy medium by participating in their lives."
Of course, as parents of three children, I understand why their parents monitor their children's online activities. There is a dark place in the Internet. And we all are reading media coverage on child damage. They may be bullied by their classmates. Snapchat, Kik, Afterschool, and other anonymous chat apps can be tricked with online predators. You may make mistaken decisions such as sharing photos with a single friend or discovering what you saw them at school soon. They may be cyber bullying themselves. In addition to being affected, you may be exposed to various inappropriate content to swear words or inappropriate videos from adult sites. Even though many parents fully trust their child's online activities, I know that they do not believe they may be chatting with random people. Maybe, is this kid's harassment, or is he begging to find a child?
In a new study of the Digital Future Project, we found that there is a difference in the method of parental governance of Internet governance. Answering that 70% of parents monitor online activity on Facebook and other social media sites, 46% of parents answered that they can access their child's account with a password. In contrast, 30% of parents do not want to trust children, do not want to show lack of trust, do not know how to use soci