Most of us use the Web on a regular basis. A recent survey produced some interesting findings about the communication that parents and their children have with regard to use of the Web. Go to the link below and read the article. Write a reflective comment that expresses your thoughts and addresses some of my questions. The website requires registration to read the second page. If you do not want to register, I have put a copy of the text from the second page in the Read folder for our class. The file is named “Talk About the Web continued.”
What kinds of websites do you talk to your parents about? What kinds of websites do they talk to you about? Have your parents ever spoken to you about Internet behavior? Do your parents need advice from you about what Internet behaviors are safe? What aspects of the survey’s findings are accurate for your family? What gaps do you think need to be filled and how should we fill them? Why do you think that fathers’ opinions were different than mothers’?
Talk About the Web Article
11 comments:
My parents talk to me a lot about usage of the Internet and how you should use it appropriately. My parents have talked to me about the usage of the Internet and are aware of the Internet. My parents know how to use the Internet and they don't need to learn any more about the Internet. My parents don't talk to me about plagiarism at all and don't think I need to know about it and I learn all of this in school.
My parents talk to me about the Internet sometimes but think I am old enough to know everything myself. My father also has a different opinion on computers and lets me play and sit in front of the computer more. I think I know more about computers than anyone in my family.
By Fredric
I think that this article can help parents understand that the internet can be a dangerous thing if not supervised by an adult. I can bet that there are a lot of people out in the world that the parents don’t know about internet but the kids do know. This could be a problem because the internet could be used as something that is a waste of time. Like when some people do homework on a computer they play games at a game website while the parents or supervisors are not looking. My parents talked to me about websites that are useful and not, when I was young they blocked all the game websites so I could concentrate on my homework and they said that my grades will drop if I play these games instead of homework. My parents also said that I should never talk to strangers on the internet, they were real serious when they said don’t give any information about you and any one else on the internet. My parents don’t need from me to see about the internet behavior. Some aspects about the survey that relate to my family is that y parents don’t care if I join like Neopost or some other online playing club thing, they only care if I play while I’m doing my homework. But they are stricter with my younger brothers about internet use. Some gaps that should be filled is that is that not all sites can be of use and they can be very bad, and distracting, these sites could give wrong information or can even teach kids how to do something they are not suppose to do. The schools should put more effort since it is so easy to access internet from anywhere. The opinions between the fathers and mothers are different because they both have different views on the subject, for example my mom is way easier then my dad, on almost everything. This maybe different for other families but not all parents are alike.
I agreed with most of the facts on in this article especially where it said that the average time was about 6.5 hours with media, in fact I was surprised that the number was that low, I was actually thinking that the number would be closer to eight hours a day, because you talk to your friends online for probably two hours, then you listen to your ipod or mp3 for another two hours while your doing your homework, then you probably watch another four hours of movies or T.V. shows because if you think about it four hours is only two movies or four shows.
My parents don't say much to me about my internet use they aren't worried about something like that, but my dad does say every now and then that I should be careful when I open e-mails from strange people incase they have viruses. And my mom doesn't know too much about computers or internet use, if she wants to see something online I usually have to help her, But now after I showed her how to use it, she can use the computer well, without my help.
I have never really talked with my parents about the websites I or they go on except for when I really, really need help in a project and cannot find a website with good information. My family has never needed advice from me to know about what internet behavior is safe. The part of the survey that was accurate for my family was the percentage of parents who had not spoken with their children about security, ethics, and judging valid websites on the internet. The gaps that need to be filled is that schools should start talking to children at a young age and educate them about what to do and not to do on the internet, along with what sites can be considered as valid sources on the internet. The two people who can help fill up this gap are teachers and parents who should discuss the subject with their students/children. I think that fathers’ opinions were different than mothers because sometimes mothers can be a bit overprotective and the subject of safety on the internet was one of the things they were overprotective about. However fathers probably saw little risk from the internet as long as their children acted responsibly.
To me, talking about safety and ethics on the web is very important. I believe that children should learn about good researching, safety and ethics on the web from a young age. It should start from a young age because if they are taught these things later on, they might not be able to implement them to their full use, and this happened to me since I learned much about safety, ethics, and valid websites on the net recently. The reason I have never had a discussion with my parents about the internet is because my parents trust me and know I am a responsible person who will not go looking for trouble on the net.
My parents talked to me a couple of times about proper usage of the internet. Every single time they say you shouldn’t open inappropriate websites and inappropriate topics like adult mature subjects. It is good to be reminded by your parents 1-5 times a year about this, but if a parent keeps telling you do not open this do not open that, I believe the child will be very curious to open the inappropriate website or rated R subject. My parents only remind me once or twice because they trust me, trust is one of the main parts of a child’s relationship with he or she’s parents. Without trust your parents would keep cautioning you and trying to see everything your doing. The child might feel bothered and when the parent isn’t watching, he/she opens a dirty site.
My parents do not talk to me about plagiarism or citing sources, they depend on the school to teach us these things, and they just need to be sure that we do not open sites that are not for our age. My parents trust me to use Facebook in a appropriate manner, not putting inappropriate ideas, pictures subject, they trust me not to use Msn Messenger while I am studying, and they trust me not to play games when I’m studying. I believe my mom would be one of the parents that think I use the computer too much; I use the computer 1-5 hours a day. I use it for homework or to catch up on my social life. My mom also thinks I should spend more time in nature or outside the home. I think that my father agrees with my mother on different occasions, if I use the computer for games, then he agrees with me mom, if I’m studying then he believes that I’m using it in a correct way and not wasting my time. I believe the surveys of dads and moms were different because mothers are more cautious, they might not trust their child as fast as the father would, or they might not know why the child is using the computer. Fathers trust children no matter what. Fathers are not as cautious and take things more calmly and less intensly.
Honestly, I have never had a real talk with my parents about websites on the internet. They just told me not to go on websites that have bad information that can mislead me on a project in school or inappropriate websites in general. My parents expect me to know what good behavior is and what is not, I mean they have told me that once and that is it. I really don’t think that my parents need my advice on how to have safe behavior on the internet. I think they are old enough and responsible enough to know how to use safe Internet behaviors. An aspect that applied for my family in the survey was that part that stated that the parents haven’t had a talk to their children. The gaps that should be filled by the school, is that they should talk about using the internet safely and wisely. As in don't go to any inappropriate sites of course, and the other thing is to know which websites have useful information and which websites don’t. I think schools should inform the students when they first start middle school or even when they are in fifth grade. That way the students at that age will be aware of how to use the internet. Naturally, the mothers would have an overprotective view more than the father. A mother always worries more than a father that is why they had different point of views.
In my opinion this article is useful for parents, because if a parent reads this then they would go and have a talk with their kids about Internet websites and their safety. I think this is an important topic that everyone should be well aware of. Students should learn how to use websites properly and know how to research in the right way starting from an early age. That is why sometimes students even in High School have issues with researching in a good and useful way. Students must learn how starting from a young age, so they wouldn’t have trouble in searching websites when they grow up.
This article was very interesting and opened my eyes toward this subject. This article talks about how children are dependent on technology and how much they spend on the internet and the computer every week. If added, students spend about 45.5 hours every week watching television or playing on the computer. The article also talks about the opinions of parents on the internet and how they think their children should spend their time. Most parents think that their children should spend their time on the internet, researching educational subjects. Most families do not think that their children should be using social websites like Facebook and Windows Live Hotmail. The article also talks about a survey that shows that most parents have showed their children how to use the internet safely. Due to the fact the internet contains a large amount of dangerous content schools have asked parents to talk to their children about the use of the internet.
At the beginning of sixth grade, my parents talked to me about how I should use the internet and how I can avoid irrelevant websites. They told me about websites that I can trust and how I can safely search the internet. My parents told me that Google, Yahoo, and Net tracker are all trusted websites, were I can find many websites related to my queries. My parents also talked about the dangerous content that can be found on the internet and how to avoid it. Through these many talks, my parents have always repeated a rule that I should always follow. The rule states that I should only go on websites I trust and to never click on pop ups. I should never visit dangerous websites because they contain bad things that can destroy the lives of many people. My father and mother are professionals in using the internet. They know all the trusted websites and how to surf the World Wide Web safely. Through the article, many parts of the survey truly reflected on my family’s opinion. For example, my parents do not encourage the usage of social websites and we do use the internet a lot during the week. I believe the internet is a dangerous source, because of the dangerous content that fills the World Wide Web. We should create a program that can block all these websites and help us avoid them. One thing that caught my attention in the article is that the fathers and mothers had different opinions about the usage of the internet. I believe this occurred because the different genders have different opinions about these ideas. All in all, this article proved to be very useful in showing the people’s opinion about the internet.
I think that parent should try getting away from their Daughters, and son, removing all programs tracking their movement. I think that because everyone is trusted, to my opinion, only when he sees a million eyes watching him behind his eyes he begins to figure out something is going on, so he searches it and gets unwanted results. In the other hand i think parents should do it because if their son is young enough he should be watched but. For me 18-above are old enough to know what kind of actions they take, and what kind of actions they don't take.
The only time I speak with my parents about something that concerned computers is when I really need help in school assignments or I need them to give me good websites that had useful information and didn't mislead me. On the other hand, my parents once had talked to me about the general sites and webs I should avoid and how to be smart surfing the web; but there's nothing else that I don't already figure out by myself.
My family has never needed advice from me to know about what internet behavior is safe. The part of the survey that was accurate for my family was the percentage of parents who had not spoken with their children about security and judging valid websites on the internet. The gaps that need to be filled is that schools should start talking to children at a young age, maybe starting at elementary level to inform them about what the safe and unsafe things on the internet are. The two people who can help fill up these gaps are teachers and parents. They should talk to their students or kids about the internet; not to go to any inappropriate sites and how to avoid them. Usually, the mothers would have an overprotective view more than the father. A mother always worries more and thinks of every possible detail that could danger her child and would try to avoid them, while the father would be more of the over going type; trying to avoid these thoughts.
While I was reading this article I found that the most shocking thing I read was the percentage of parents that talked to their children about the internet. I would think that it is a lot less than 80 percent because I didn’t expect many parents to actually care about what their children are doing on the internet. My parents have never formally sat down and talked to me about different websites, but they have said to watch out for different things on the internet. They know that it can be a dangerous place, but trust me enough to know that I wouldn't go anywhere on the web that I shouldn't be going to. I have never talked to my parents about anything on the internet, other than maybe MSN messenger, and hotmail. They don't want me talking to strangers on MSN or email, so they just warn me about it, and I basically tell them that they should not worry about me adding random people. I don't think that my dad needs any advice from me about what internet behaviors are safe, but since my mom isn't a "technology" person, I do advise her to go to certain websites, and to stay away from others. The part of the survey that best fit my family was probably the 20 percent that don’t talk to their kids about the internet. Also, I think they are part of the 88 percent that said, "The internet helps their children acquire skills and information needed to succeed in school, as well as helping youngsters learn about the things that most interest them and about different cultures and ideas." The gap that I think should be filled is that parents should warn their children about different websites. Also, schools should teach the students about which sites are valid and which sites they should not go on so that the students can have an idea on where they should go when they have something like a project.
In my opinion I think that mothers had a different opinion then the fathers because the fathers are not as aware as the mothers are. The mothers are usually very protective of their children and usually know what their child thinks and does every day. So when they go on sites like MySpace or Face Book, the mothers know that something can go wrong. Whereas the fathers would think that their kids are going on the internet to simply chat with their friends.
I think that parents should talk to their kids about the internet and it dangers. I don't think that they should literally sit down with their kids and talk to them about it, but give them signals about what they think is appropriate on the internet every now and then. This would work because the child would not think that their parents are overprotective, yet still understand that there are limits what he/she can be doing while they are using the internet.
Well, I don’t talk to my parents about any websites, unless I read an interesting article or find an interesting video on youtube. My parents, like me only suggest things every now and then. I seem to always give the technical advice towards using the Internet and using the computer in general. In my family, no one really talks about Internet “behavior”. I believe it’s different because fathers are more open towards Internet behavior and don’t mind their children playing games, while mothers care a little more towards doing productive things. By Adam
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