Parenting online
96% of parents took action to keep their child safe online
86% took a hands on approach:
- 63% helped with online tasks
- 61% joint online activities
- 33% listened to kid’s online problems
- 19% dealt with online incidents
70% monitored their child’s use:
- 55% watched what they do online
- 37% checked browsing history
- 25% checked social media profile
- 23% checked friends and groups
- 19% friended them
59% limited their child’s use. Types of rules:
- length of time online 57%
- websites accessed 54%
- when they can go online 50%
- types of accounts 48%
- suitability of apps 42%
79% spoke to their child. They talked about:
- online rules 55%
- what they can do online 52%
- being responsible and respectful 49%
- ways to stay safe online 48%
- reducing time online 44%
Most parents use multiple strategies:
- 18% used 20 or more strategies
- 43% used 10 to 19
- 32% used 2 to 9
- 3% used 1
Source: Survey commissioned by eSafety, June 2016. Data covers actions taken by 2,360 parents in Australia with children aged 8 to 17 years in 12 months to June 2016
