MySecureCyberspace: Children Online: Getting Younger and Cont...
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Saved by 16 people (0 private), first by anonymouse user on 2008-11-14
- Mjmontagne on 2008-12-14 - Tags cybersafety , onlinesafety
- Bibliokat on 2008-11-25 - Tags web2.0 , online , children , cybersafety , article , internet_safety , cyberbullying , digital_citizenship , internet-safety , safety , mysecurecyberspace
- Clykowski on 2008-11-18 - Tags internet_safety
- Sanctoclaro on 2008-11-17 - Tags internet_safety , mysecurecyberspace , cyber-bullying
- Zhuzhy on 2008-11-17 - Tags digital_citizenship , digital_native , internet_safety
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Not surprisingly, the study found that children are communicating with friends, peers, and others online in ways that show a lack of knowledge in what is ethical, safe behavior.
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Only 50% of these young children said that their parents watched them as they used a computer, revealing that the other half were exposed to unchecked Web browsing and interaction with others online. About 48% of these young children saw online content that made them feel uncomfortable, and one in four of them said they did not report the uncomfortable experience to a trusted adult.
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Only 32% of second and third graders reported being watched by their parents while online, and 31% of fourth through sixth graders said they were watched "a little" or "sometimes." Almost one-third (27%) of fourth through sixth graders said they were completely unsupervised when online.
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Among second and third graders, 9% admitted to being "mean to someone online" and 18% reported that someone online had been mean to them within the last school year. Among fourth through sixth graders, 7% reported being a victim to bullying and threats online, and 10% reported being embarrassed.
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13% said they had been bullied or threatened online, and 15% had been embarrassed. Among tenth through twelfth grader, 15% reported having been harassed or stalked online, and 17% had been embarrassed.
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it is more common for children to run into problems with people they know online than with strangers. These troublemakers are more likely to be other students rather than adults.
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a more prevalent problem that children face online is cyberbullying.
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on 2008-11-15 by etalbert