While teens are generally much more net savvy then their parents.
However, they are increasingly filtered by their parents who want
to restrict their kids from adult-oriented websites. 54% of parents
now use internet filters or monitoring software on their teenage children
according to a Pew Internet & American Life Project study. That a
jump of 65% since 2000. The filters tend to be used by parents who
themselves are frequent users of the internet and who have middle-school-age children. Parents who have older children and who are less tech-savvy are less likely to use filters. Big majorities of both teens and parents believe that
teens do things on the internet that their parents would not approve of.
81% of parents of online teens say that teens aren’t careful enough when giving out information about themselves online and 79% of online teens agree with this. 65% of all parents and 64% of all teens say that teens do things online that they wouldn’t want their parents to know about.
