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Using internet most risky for middle-class kids
Saturday March 24, 2012 05:53:49 PM,
IANS
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London: Children belonging to middle-class
families are more likely to be harmed by using internet in
comparison to those living in poorer households, a British study
has found.
According to the research, they are more prone to being bullied,
seeing pornographic images, receiving sexual messages and
indulging in risky behaviour such as meeting up with people they
have only met online, the Daily Mail reported.
Their parents, however, tend to be ignorant about what their
children find on the web, it added.
Middle-class children were at greater risk because they were more
likely to know their way round the internet and to have a personal
computer in their bedroom, or a smartphone, said the study's
author.
Sonia Livingstone, professor of social policy at the London School
of Economics, called on parents to talk to their children about
their internet use, so that any potential harm could be nipped in
the bud.
While surveying over 1,000 children, Livingstone also found over
half of the children - 51 percent admitting having neglected
homework and ignored family and friends due to internet's
excessive use.
Her study also found parents often having no idea of what their
child was doing on the internet.
Of the children who told interviewers that they had seen sexual
images, 40 percent of their parents claimed being certain that
their children had not, and 29 percent said they did not know.
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