Internet Uses and Threats for Students

Internet has entered our personal, social, professional and educational environments; facilitating and improving the quality of our lives However, this technological “miracle” is accompanied with serious threats such as child sexual harassment, child pornography and exposure to inappropriate content and contact. Parents’ role is extremely important since children are extensively using the Internet. Parents’ awareness on Internet use and threats, can positively or negatively affect their children Internet experience. Consequently, this research explores parent’s level of awareness in relation to their children internet usage and threats and whether they are interested to be further informed. Furthermore, it explores children’s motives in using internet, parents motives to provide internet to them and their interest on establishing a safe child web site to their household environment in order to control and monitor their children’s’ Internet usage.