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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kids around the globe are growing up in an online world, learning to navigate not just the Web, but new rules, emotions and unfortunately, some negative experiences.
Angry. Upset. Afraid. - Kids reported these feelings about negative online experiences.
More than half feel some personal responsibility for their negative online experiences.(i)
Nearly seven in 10 say they would turn to their parents if something bad happened online.(ii)
But nearly half think they are more careful online than their parents. Twenty percent actually say their parents have "no idea" what they are doing online.
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The Norton Online Family Report, released today, is a good reminder for parents to plug in to their kids' online lives, if they're not already - especially with kids spending an average of 10 percent more time online per month than last year(iii). Over the past three years, Norton has examined the gaps between parents and kids with respect to their online beliefs and behaviors. With this year's report, Norton also looked at the emotional impact of online experiences on kids and their online codes of conduct.
Norton went straight to the source, surveying 2,800 kids and more than 7,000 adults in 14 countries about their online lives and experiences. The resulting study, the Norton Online Family Report, was conducted by research company StrategyOne and examines kids' actual online experiences compared with parents' assumptions - with some surprising results.
According to NetFamilyNews.org Editor and ConnectSafely.org Co-Director Anne Collier, who collaborated with Norton on the study: "This report provides a rare glimpse into the online lives of young people in many countries - in their own words. Not only does it send a clear message that the online safety and security issues around parenting are universal, it offers insights and information that can empower parents worldwide to help kids use the Internet safely and keep family communication about technology open and ongoing - the number-one Net-safety best practice at home, school, and everywhere."
One Gap Closed
In 2008(iv), Norton found that kids reported spending nearly 10 times as much time online as parents realized. In 2009, the gap shrunk to kids reporting being online twice as much as parents realized. This...