Most Parents Allow Unsupervised Internet Access To Children At Age 8

colinneagle writes "The timing for this study is interesting, given the arrests of two teenagers believed to have bullied a 12-year-old classmate until she committed suicide, but Microsoft found that 94% of parents said they allow their kids unsupervised access to at least one device or online service like email or social networks. The average age at which most children are allowed access to at least one online service, such as email or social media, was 8 years old, while 40% allow children under the age of 7 to access a computer unsupervised."

Zero Cool

[Austrian Anarchy]

If Zero Cool was not a lesson to all parents, I don't know what is. The fact that he grew up to be Sherlock Holmes is neither a blessing nor a curse.

Re:Bad Idea,

[Anonymous Coward]

What about in real life?

Do you honestly constantly monitor your 8 year old 24x7?

At age 4 I was already allowed to walk to friends houses that were a few blocks away.

By age 8, I was playing alone in the woods next to a highway.

By 14, I was staying up all night with my friends playing RPGs.

At 16, I got a girlfriend, and suddenly I needed a curfew.