Parents feel educational benefits of internet outweigh dangers for kids

A new study has revealed that many parents are worried that the harm from being online outweighs the benefits but many also believe the opposite.

A slight majority of parents, 53 percent, said they believe the Internet's benefits outweigh the dangers it can pose, and can be particularly helpful dealing with schoolwork, the Washingtontimes reported.

Nearly a quarter of the parents were most worried by the presence of stalkers, child molesters and predators lurking online.

Almost all parents, 94 percent, said that they have at least talked to their child about the potential dangers of the Internet, but 47 percent of parents admitted they did not use any parental controls to supervise what sites their children could access.

Although nearly all parents report talking to their children about the dangers lurking on the Web, 35 percent of parents say the conversation has not happened more than once, and parents who were least confident in their ability to manage their child's technology were also less likely to have the conversation regularly.