Kids Need Net-Savvy Parents

By WebProNews Staff · April 28, 2005 · 1 Comment

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A two-year London study asserts that kids with computer illiterate parents will suffer from stifled educational growth.

Poor job prospects face children whose parents don’t know an earl from a URL. A London School of Economics study found many parents simply do not have the skills to help children use the Internet.

“Now that many young people rely on the Internet for information, homework help and careers guidance, the more it matters that some of them are getting left behind,” said Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Social Psychology.

In addition to a gap between children with and without Internet access, the study says a divide between children’s knowledge of Internet use has developed as well.

David Utter is a staff writer for WebProNews covering technology and business. Email him here.

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Charice Garner
October 6, 2010 at 4:47 am

Becoming a parent does not come with an instruction manual for all the things you will face. It is one of the most important and difficult things you can do as well as one of the most rewarding. To raise a child is an enormous responsibility which is usually taken for granted and for which there is little training. Most parents learn as they go, influenced by the way they were brought up or by what they have read or watched others do. Find out more articles about being a parents at pptse.net.

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