Table 7.1 Parents' Lack of Knowledge About the Internet Activities of Their Teenage Children
	Activity Parents Who Believe Child Is Doing This Activity Children Who Report Doing This Activity Posting personal online profilesa 17 percent 45 percent Having private e-mail accountsa 68 percent 81 percent Corresponding with strangersa 30 percent More than 50 percent While using the Internet, someone else is regularly in the roomb 67 percent of parents report that someone else is in the room while their children are online. 78 percent say they use the Internet when they are alone Using the Internet at home for schoolwork at least once a week b 76 percent 63 percent
a Penn, Schoen, and Berland Associates, 2000. Web Savvy and Safety: Ho Kids and Parent Differ in What they Know, Whom They Trust, September. Available online at <http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2000/nov00/safetywebsitespr.asp> b National School Boards Association, (no date available) Safe and Smart: Overview of Research and Guidelines for Cihldren's Use of the Internet". Available online at <http://www.nsbf.org/safe-smart/full-report.htm>.