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Pew Research Center Publishes Study on Parents, Teens, and Online Privacy
Most parents of teenagers are concerned about what their teenage children do online and how their behavior could be monitored by others. Some parents are taking steps to observe, discuss, and check up on their children's digital footprints, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project.
- 81% of parents of online teens say they are concerned about how much information advertisers can learn about their child's online behavior, with some 46% being "very" concerned.
- 72% of parents of online teens are concerned about how their child interacts online with people they do not know, with some 53% of parents being "very" concerned.
- 69% of parents of online teens are concerned about how their child's online activity might affect their future academic or employment opportunities, with some 44% being "very" concerned about that.
- 69% of parents of online teens are concerned about how their child manages his or her reputation online, with some 49% being "very" concerned about that.
- Some of these expressions of concern are particularly acute for the parents of younger teens; 63% of parents of teens ages 12-13 say they are "very" concerned about their child's interactions with people they do not know online and 57% say they are "very" concerned about how their child manages his or her reputation online.
Read the full report online here.
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Dr. Mary Ann Layden: Porn Culture in the Mobile Age
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Mary Anne Layden, PhD, is a psychotherapist and Director of Education at the Center for Cognitive Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the Director of the Sexual Trauma and Psychopathology Program and the Director of the Social Action Committee for Women's Psychological Health.
She co-authored the book Cognitive Therapy of Borderline Personality Disorder with C. Newman, A. Freeman and S. Morse. She has written numerous chapters on Cognitive Therapy especially on treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder. She has co-authored a chapter with Linnea Smith called "Adult Survivors of the Child Sexual Exploitation Industry" in Cooper, S. et al (Eds) Medical, Legal, & Social Science Aspects of Child Sexual Exploitation: A Comprehensive Review of Pornography, Prostitution, and Internet Crimes.