Parents, Teens, and Online Privacy

Madden, M., Cortesi, S., gasser, U., Lenhart, A., Duggan, M. (2012, November 14). Parents, Teens, and
      Online Privacy. Pew Internet and American Life Project.  Retrieved July 23, 2014 from
      http://www.pewinternet.org/2012/11/20/parents-teens-and-online-privacy/


How concerned are you with your children and the Internet?  Many more parents are concerned with their children using social networks now than they were 3 years ago.  Parents of younger teens, 12-13 years old are more concerned than parents of 14-17 years old of what they are doing on social networks like Facebook and Twitter.  They are also more concerned about what information advertisers are learning about their children when they are on the Internet, how their child manages his/her reputation online and how they interact with other people.

Parents are helping their child set up the privacy settings, reading privacy policies, using parental controls, and talking to their child about online profiles, especially the parents of the 12-13 years old.  Parents are also befriending their children on Facebook to stay connected with their child and what is happening on their page.  More parents are also using social networking sites than they were 3-4 years ago, especially parents under the age of 40. Other things that have parents concerned are interactions with strangers online and the impact on their future opportunities.

Parents will also go on the Internet and search for their child to see what information they can find out on them.  If you haven't done this you should do it on yourself.  I did it and it pulls up the basic information, name, date of birth, addresses, and people who may be related to you.  If you want more specific things you have to pay for that information.  Which I was glad, because the site searched for marriages, traffic tickets, felonies, and quite a bit of other information that should not be that easy to get to, especially for free. I did try looking up my two sons and it only brought up their birth dates, which is enough information for the Internet.

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