MOM ! DAD ! Why do n’t you understand me ? Why do n’t you get my net tendency ? Why do n’t you instinctively have it off that all I want to do with my fourth dimension is snap bloom - crown selfies and stan Zayn on Tumblr ? Why ca n’t you just let me be me ?
The study canvas 804 “ online stripling ” between the ages of 13 and 17 , as well as 810 parent of “ online teens ” in the same age group . In what should come as a shock to no one , the “ on-line teenager ” were basically like , Jesus Christ , Mom , do you have any idea what the cyberspace is ?
Among the primal determination : Sixty percent of the participate teens said they ’d made on-line accounts their parents knew nothing about , whereas 28 pct of parents said the same . A simple 13 percentage of teens said their parents were “ altogether aware of of the full extent of their activity online , ” and only 33 percent of teens said they ’d go to their parents if they had serious problem online .
A few other tidbit of note :
Sorry , Zuck . “ on-line teen for the most part go through the on-line world through their use of smartphones , and their use of Snapchat ( 66 % ) and Instagram ( 65 % ) now pass by their use of Facebook ( 61 % ) . ”
Are teen really old mass in disguise ? 75 percentage of teens said they used Gmail , 2nd only to YouTube , which come in at 91 percent .
The NCSAchalked the differencesup to an “ unmistakable digital disconnect . ” This does n’t seem to be a digital gulf so much as a gulf that has always existed simply transport to the digital geezerhood , but who can say !
The issues that the NCSA is undertake to address surely are n’t silly . The sketch also quote issues of molestation , bullying , the disclosure of private selective information , and indistinguishability thieving . But the approach is a little off , particularly when it expect the tagline , “ parent Encouraged to Take a Fresh Approach to the ‘ Tech Talk . ’ ” It ’s been a few year since I was a adolescent , but there is possibly nothing less sympathetic for vernal mass than having their parents posture them down for a “ technical school lecture . ”
William Turton , Gizmodo ’s resident stripling correspondent , had this to say about teens on the ‘ net : “ erase your accounts . Put your laptop in the bathing tub . ” Seems like self-colored advice for everyone , actually .
[ The Guardian ]
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