One in ten parents think their kids are addicted to the Internet

SPAIN .- One in ten parents think their children are dependent on the Internet, and 36 percent say they are concerned about the inappropriate content they have access to, according to a study by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab

In this sense, 39% of parents say they are uncomfortable because their offspring can access inappropriate or explicit content or communicate with strangers (35%), according to parents surveyed led by Kaspersky in collaboration with B2B.

36% of parents expressed concerns about their children's network addiction. Among them, one in ten under 18 is addicted to the Internet, according to his own parents.

Similarly, half (54%) of parents believe that "online" threats to their children are increasing each time more, due to the increased time they use to navigate. the Web. In such circumstances, 33% of respondents chose to limit the amount of time their children can spend connecting.

For a period of twelve months, 47% of miners had to face at least one threat online 15% of them accessed inappropriate content, while 13% were in contact with a "malicious software" or a virus.

To solve this problem, Kaspersky recommends educating children to use the Internet properly and warning them 37% of parents talk regularly with their children to explain the dangers that exist on the Internet and 34% try to monitor them when they are connected, which facilitates the identification of threats with more anticipation.