Target group: 40 parents, who took part in the two training courses in

the project

Sex: □ Male: 10 persons □ Female: 30 personsArea: Urban area: 30 Rural area: 10

Age: □ < 35 - 2 persons (2 f) □ 35-40 - 11 persons (3m and 8 f) □ 41-45 - 14 persons (1 m and 13 f) □ 46-50 – 5 persons (2 m and 3 f) □ 51-55 - 7 persons (3 m and 4 f) □ > 56 -1 persons (1 m)f = femalem = male

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

35ani 40 45 50

East

West

North

South

Professional school – 9 personsHigh school – 17 University – 5Master degree – 8Ph.D. - 1

Teacher – 7 persons Schoolmasters - 8 persons Weaver - 1 person Typographer - 1 person Administrator - 3 persons Auto electrician - 1 person Social assistant - 1 person Cashier - 1 person Nurses - 3 persons Manufacturer - 1 person

Storekeeper – 1 person Manager - 1 person Economist – 2 persons Priest - 1 person Constructor - 1 person Physician - 1 person Lecturer - 1 person Secretary - 1 person Caster - 1 person Not specified - 3 persons

23 parents / 1 child 8 parents / 2 children 5 parents / 3 children 4 parents / more than 3 children

0

5

10

15

20

25

1child 3children

East

West

North

If yes, do you have an Internet connection?

□ Yes – 39 persons (10 m and 29 f) □ No – 1 person (f)

1- 3 persons 1=very low 2 – 8 persons 2=low 3 – 14 persons 3=medium 4 – 11 persons 4=good 5 – 4 persons 5=very good

29 have medium/good/very good level

SeminarsSeminars – – specialized specialized coursescourses

1(9 pers.)1(9 pers.) 2 (2 pers2 (2 pers..) 3 (5 pers) 3 (5 pers..) 4 (5 pers) 4 (5 pers..) 5 ) 5 (5 pers) (5 pers) Didn’t answerDidn’t answer (14 pers (14 pers..))

Personal use of Personal use of the Internetthe Internet 1(2 pers.) 2 (5 pers.) 3(15 pers1(2 pers.) 2 (5 pers.) 3(15 pers..) 4 (5 pers.) 5 ) 4 (5 pers.) 5

(6 pers.) (6 pers.) Didn’t answer Didn’t answer (7 pers (7 pers..) )

Specialized Specialized readingsreadings

1(11 pers.) 2(3 pers.) 3 (4 pers.) 4 (3 pers.) 5 1(11 pers.) 2(3 pers.) 3 (4 pers.) 4 (3 pers.) 5 (1 pers.) (1 pers.) Didn’t answer Didn’t answer (18 pers (18 pers..) )

From my From my childrenchildren

1(7 pers.) 2(6 pers.) 31(7 pers.) 2(6 pers.) 3 (12 pers.) 4 (2 pers.) 5 (12 pers.) 4 (2 pers.) 5 (1 pers.) (1 pers.) Didn’t answer Didn’t answer (12 pers (12 pers..) )

From friendsFrom friends 1(7 pers.) 1(7 pers.) 2 (8 pers.) 3 (4 pers.) 4 (1 pers.) 5 (1 2 (8 pers.) 3 (4 pers.) 4 (1 pers.) 5 (1 pers.) pers.) Didn’t answer Didn’t answer (19 pers) (19 pers)

Other sourcesOther sources ((mention themmention them))

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33 parents – from the personal use33 parents – from the personal use28 parents – from their children28 parents – from their children

Internet Internet searchsearch

90,590,5%% YesYes (38 (38 personspersons) ) NoNo (2 (2 personspersons) )

E-mail E-mail useuse 70,570,5%% YesYes(30 (30 personspersons) ) No No (10 (10 personspersons) )

Music Music downloaddownload

60,660,6%% YesYes(26 (26 personspersons) ) No No (14 (14 personspersons) )

1 - 2 persons 2 – 1 persons 3 – 12 persons 4 – 9 persons 5 – 14 persons Didn’t answer – 2 persons

Most of them are aware of the risks

Access on sites with illegal, immoral, violent, racist content etc.: 5 (34 pers.) 80,5%

Spam messages (threat, sexual harassment etc.) 5 (30 pers.) 70,5%

Participation in Internet frauds 5 (30 pers.) 70,5 %

Unsecured financial transactions 5 (28 pers.) 70,0%

Internet addiction 5 (28 pers.) 70,0% Direct communication with unknown persons

(in chat rooms, blogs, msn etc.) 5 (28 pers.) 70,0%

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

sub 3 ore over 3 h 1-2 /week rarely no

East

West

North

3-D Column 4

Age groups

9 years – 4 persons 10 years – 2 persons 11 years – 2 persons 12 years – 5 persons 13 years – 3 persons 14 years – 5 persons 15 years – 3 persons 16 years – 4 persons 17 years – 2 persons 18 years – 5 persons 19 years – 4 persons 21 years – o persons

Less than 3 hours per day – 16 persons Over 3 hours per day – 12 persons Once or twice per week – 8 persons

Once or twice per month – 1 person Once or twice per year – 0 persons

Do not know / Not certain – 1 person Other (please specify) – during free time –

2 persons

0

2

46

8

1012

14

16

under 3 h over 3 h 1-2/week rarely

East

West

North

Coloană 3-D 4

Throughout comparison of the way parents see the intensity of the Internet use, we must show that they consider the Internet use of their children is more frequent than their own use

In respect to the location from which the children access the Internet, the parents show that the great majority of children access the Internet from home:

21 persons indicate level 5 of home access 3 pers. indicate level 4 9 pers. indicate level 3 5 pers. level 2 2 pers. indicate level 1

Time of day

In the morning Yes (2 pers.) No (17 pers.)

Do not know / Not sure (21pers.) Noon Yes (3 pers.) No (14

pers.) Do not know / Not sure (23 pers.) In the afternoon Yes (28 pers.) No (2

pers.) Do not know / Not sure (10 pers.) In the evening Yes (26 pers.) No (4

pers.) Do not know / Not sure (10pers.) After midnight Yes (0 pers.) No (16

pers.) Do not know / Not sure (24pers.) The great majority of children access the Internet

in the afternoon and in the evening.

□ in his/ her room – 21 persons□ in parent’s room – 7 persons□ in common rooms (ex. living room) – 12

persons

The great majority of children placed the computer in their own room

That is why some of the parents cannot be around their children when they use the Internet

20 persons state that they can be around their children when using the Internet.

15 persons state that they cannot be

around their children when using the Internet.

□ Didn’t answer - 5 persons

Access of sites with Access of sites with illegal, immoral, illegal, immoral, violent, racist content violent, racist content etc.etc.

5(36 pers.) 5(36 pers.) 90,0%90,0%

Direct communication Direct communication with unknown personswith unknown persons((iin chat rooms, blog, msn n chat rooms, blog, msn etc.) etc.)

5(35 pers.) 5(35 pers.) 80,7%80,7%

Participation in Internet Participation in Internet fraudsfrauds

5(35 pers.) 5(35 pers.)

80,7%80,7%

Unsecured financial Unsecured financial transactionstransactions

5(31 pers.) 5(31 pers.) 70,7%70,7%

Danger for healthDanger for health 5(31 pers 5(31 pers 70,7%70,7%

SpamSpam messages messages ( (threatsthreats, , sexual harassment sexual harassment etc.) etc.)

5(31 pers.) 5(31 pers.) 70,7%70,7%

28 persons state that the children have never

been in any danger during the Internet use

12 persons state that they have been notified by their children about this kind of dangers

□ Yes – 12 persons □ No – 28 persons

Communication with unknown persons – 3 persons

Personal data theft trial – 3 persons You access a site and you find porn – 3

persons Violent sites– 1 person Viruses messages – 2 persons Games addiction – 1 person

Installation of Installation of antivirus antivirus programsprograms 5(30 pers.) 5(30 pers.)

Parents’ surveillance in the case when children access Parents’ surveillance in the case when children access chat rooms, blogchat rooms, bloggs,gs, msn etc. msn etc. 5(32 pers.)5(32 pers.)

Regular verification of the computer by parents in Regular verification of the computer by parents in order to identify the documents with suspect contentorder to identify the documents with suspect content 5(31 pers.) 5(31 pers.)

Installation of some software and e-mail filters (by Installation of some software and e-mail filters (by parents)parents) 5(31 pers.) 5(31 pers.)

Internet activity reports provided by certain services Internet activity reports provided by certain services (ex.(ex. MSN Premium MSN Premium))

5(29 pers.) 5(29 pers.)

Children’s information in school about the dangers of Children’s information in school about the dangers of InternetInternet 5(35 pers.) 5(35 pers.)

Interdiction for children to access the InternetInterdiction for children to access the Internet 5(22 pers.) 5(22 pers.)

Other methodsOther methods ( (please specifyplease specify): ): Making children aware of the right use of computersMaking children aware of the right use of computers 1(2 pers.) 1(2 pers.)

Child education – 1 person Selection of option together with the parents - 1 person Internet access only in the afternoon - 1 person Discussions on the dangers with the child – 2 persons Limitation of children’s access time – 7 persons Personal example of parents – 1 person Introduction of computer password – 1 person Introduction of filters/firewalls for illegal and immoral

sites – 3 persons Surveillance/ monitoring/ verification of child’s activities

– 15 persons Permanent communication with the child – 18 persons Making children aware of the risks – 3 persons Restrictions in accessing some Internet sites – 1 person Do not know - 2 persons Didn’t take any measure - 4 persons I trust my child - 1 person

1 - 1 person 2 - 4 persons 3 - 10 persons 4 - 13 persons 5 - 12 persons

35 parents considered that they have a medium/good/very good level of children protection

The data obtained from this study lead to the conclusion that the publication of a guide is necessary; the guide will facilitate the understanding of each child’s personality, in order to avoid any kind of danger which could show up in the children’s lives.

This study was achieved by prof. Maricica Buzescu

prof. Ileana Savinescu