Happy & Safe: Research into UK Children’s Happiness & Safety
Posted
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 12:02 PM
by
kent-teachers
A report published by Intuitive Media suggests that when looking at children's everyday online behaviour, there is still significant leeway for them to stray into risky behaviour online with over a third of children (38%) using their computers alone in their rooms giving them the opportunity to surf the web unsupervised and take part in private online conversations without their parents' knowledge.
And, despite most children (80%) claiming they do understand the risk of giving personal contact details out to strangers online there is still a minority (15%), that don't. In addition, 15 per cent of children said they wouldn't tell their parents, teachers or friends if someone they met online came to their house (14%) phoned them (16%) or asked for their contact details (17%).
Download the report at www.intuitivemedia.com/gm.html