PEW STUDY FINDS FEWER PARENTS FINDING INTERNET GOOD FOR KIDS
[SOURCE: Associated Press, AUTHOR: Anick Jesdanun]
Parents have become more ambivalent about the Internet, with a new study
finding fewer of them considering it good for their children. The Pew Internet
and American Life Project said Wednesday that about 59 per cent of Americans
with children ages 12 to 17 consider the Internet a positive influence on their
kids. That is based on a 2006 survey, the latest available on the topic, and
represents a drop from 67 per cent in 2004. Meanwhile, those who do not believe
the Internet has had an effect one way or the other increased to 30 per cent
from 25 per cent. "The Internet for a lot of parents is now a mature
technology," said Amanda Lenhart, senior research specialist at Pew. "They are
not in a honeymoon period with the Internet anymore. They are realizing the
Internet is something with good and bad things."
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