Given the risks of the internet, what kind of family are you?

Internet is part of our day to day for years. But not all of us integrate it equally in our families. So we wanted to know To what extent do parents supervise what our children do on the Web? and we protect them from the possible dangers that exist when they navigate.

Five types of technology families

Relaxed, protective or 'techie', are three of the five types of families detected in Part II of the study 'Minors and the Internet: the pending subject of Spanish parents', carried out by the security platform Qustodio.

The study explains that the term family has evolved in recent years and technological development is clearly responsible for this transformation.

So they have analyzed the different types of families that the use, control and risks of technology are shaping in society. It includes more than 2,000 interviews with mothers and fathers of Spain and the US, with children between five and 17 years old.

Depending on age, affinity with technology and degree of protection against Internet risks, we can talk about:

In Babies and more, Spanish parents are worried about cyberbullying and grooming, but they don't know what their children do online
  • Relaxed families They are the most numerous in Spain (36%), while in the United States this percentage drops to 18%. These are families with children aged 12 to 17 years and parents, mainly from 45 years of age, of a permissive nature.

They are committed to giving their children more autonomy so that they are able to make their own decisions and are not too concerned about the risks of the Internet.

  • Protective families They are the second most common in our country, (29%) doubling in number to those of the United States (where they only account for 14% of families).

It includes young parents with younger children who want to give autonomy while protecting their children from the risks of technology. They are very worried about threats on the Internet and are willing to protect their children with parental control tools.

  • Old school families. One in five Spanish families responds to this profile, a figure much lower than 35% of Americans.

The profile of parents is quite similar to that of the relaxed, although there are important differences in the subject of education. These parents are more strict and, although they are not very technological, their more supervisory profile with their children leads them to enter a little more in the knowledge of the Internet.

  • P families (permissive, but worried). They are slightly younger and equally permissive parents than those classified as relaxed. They recognize that sometimes they don't know how to deal with their children and although they spend less time with them than they would like, they worry about why they see their children on the Internet.

In Spain, this type of family represents 11%, two points below American families, where it is the most scarce profile.

  • 'Techies' families. They only represent 6% of Spanish families, compared to 20% in the case of the United States. Young and with young children, but very accustomed to technology. In fact, 92% of them consider themselves experts in this area. So they are fully aware of their dangers and are strict with children when it comes to protecting them, at least until they are mature enough.
In Babies and more, almost 70 percent of children between 10 and 15 have a cell phone, and more girls than boys

This analysis shows that parents' interest in technology is proportional to their concern about online threats. What type do you belong to?

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