Parental Control Software Programs
 Last year, in the months of October and November, a survey was conducted by the Pew Internet and American Life Project in Washington, D.C. Results for the survey were gathered from telephone interviews of 1,100 teens and their parents.
According to the results of the nonprofit polling organization's latest survey, an increasing number of parents are using Internet filters; parental control software programs that block access to Web sites of questionable content.
"54% of American families have parental control software installed on their home computers," she says. By Pew's reckoning, that translated into roughly 12 million households.
By contrast, only 41%, or 7 million Net-connected homes, used parental control software in December 2000, says Lenhart. That means there was increase of 65% in the last 4 years in the amount of families using parental control software.
The survey also found out that 72% of parents were worried that their children were spending too much time online; at the expense of more worthwhile activities. 62% are worried that their child will read inappropriate content online, and 58% are concerned that their child will meet strangers online, who will then try to exploit them.
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