Monday, March 24, 2014

Finding middle ground a suggestion for keeping teens safe online

Parents might take a lesson from Goldilocks and find a balanced approach to guide their teens in making moral, safe online decisions, according to Penn State researchers.In a study on parenting strategies and online adolescent safety, the researchers found evidence that suggests that parents should try to establish a middle ground between keeping their teens completely away from the internet and not monitoring their online activities at all."It's a Goldilocks problem," said Pamela Wisniewski, a postdoctoral scholar in information sciences and technology.

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