Employing Internet Restriction As Punishment

No TV or asking them to sit in a corner is passé; today’s parents have a new form of punishment for their kids-restricting access to the Internet. A new survey conducted by the USC Annenberg Center for the Digital Future found that 57 percent of the parents limit their children’s internet time as a form of punishment. The Internet, particularly social networks and online discussion forums, was also felt by some to be interfering with quality time spent with family or friends.

CNET has more highlights from the survey, which had 2,000 people in the US, participating in it:

A majority (69 percent) of the parents surveyed think their kids spend about the right amount of time on the Internet. Only 28 percent felt their kids are online too much. That contrasts with the 57 percent who felt their kids spend about the right amount of time watching TV and the 41 percent who thought their children are in front of the TV too much.

But the survey also found that more parents believe their kids are spending time on the Internet at the expense of time spent in person with their friends. This complaint was voiced by 11 percent of the parents polled, compared with 7 percent who said the same thing in 2000 when the surveys first started.

USC Annenberg Center for the Digital Future

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