Parents Try to Control Children in the Internet

A study of how parents use the Internet resources to keep tabs on their children found that over 50% of British parents do it on a regular basis. Thousands of adult Brits have made it their habit to go through the Internet history of their offspring, their mailboxes and profiles on social network sites.

Of 2,000 parents polled 40% admitted that they always look up their kids’ new postings and changes in their social media statuses, 39% look through the list of their posted messages via Facebook, and 29% check their images.

It seems that if researchers took into consideration snooping on all sorts of people these numbers would go up dramatically – although a spokesperson for BullGuard already called the percentage “quite surprising.”

Further findings say that about 35% of parents take interest in the people their youngster is socializing with, and the most zealous 11% have opened an account on Facebook for the single purpose of enabling themselves to watch over their son or daughter’s online activity. 16% of curious heads of families have sent their children an invitation of friendship on Facebook, but 30% have found their invitation turned down.

Having failed to become “friends” with their offspring online, 13% are not above logging in on their kid’s favorite social site using someone else’s account for better snooping.

Since there are nefarious people who take advantage of innocent and trusting youngsters online, the BullGuard’s spokesperson pointed out, this can be regarded as “legitimate concerns” on part of the watchful parents.

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