Most Parents Worry About Kids' Online Activity But Monitoring Lags, Intel Reports

Results from an Intel survey on family dynamics in connected homes say 76 percent of parents in select regions around the world allow their children to take an internet-connected device to bed, and just 23 percent of parents said they used software to monitor their children’s internet activity. Some 35 percent of parents said they monitored children’s device usage by keeping the devices in their possession, allowing children to use them only when the parents are around, it said Tuesday. Four in five parents said they're concerned about their child potentially interacting with a social predator or cybercriminal online, and 34 percent have discovered their child visited an inappropriate website. Tips from Intel on online safety: Start conversations early, set a good example by limiting time on social networks, keep strangers out of children’s online interactions and use security software to manage and protect connected devices. Intel Security commissioned the December survey of 13,000 adults ages 18-55-plus that included respondents in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, U.K. and U.S.