Symantec -- which makes the popular Norton virus protection for your computer -- commissioned a poll about kids outsmarting their parents online. Here are some highlights:
- Kids spend more than twice as much time online as parents think (7 hours a week)
- almost 1/4 do things online that "their parents wouldn't approve of"
- 1/5 have dealt with inappropriate materials online
- almost 1/5 have been "cyber-bullied" (receiving embarrassing pix, video or messages)
- 7% have met an online stranger in person
- almost half of parents use controls and spy on their kids emails and web sites
- most parents say they know more about the Internet than their kids, but half of the kids say THEY know more
So keep your eyes wide open!
A couple of warnings from the FDA this week:
- Rice sold online to lower cholesterol could cause kidney problems
- Contaminated oysters from Washington State can cause diarrhea, cramping, nausea, fever, and chills for 3 days
Also this week, a panel of scientific experts from the National Institutes of Health said the chemical "Bisphenol A" -- found in baby bottles, hard plastic sports bottles, water fountain containers and children's dental sealants -- likely does NOT cause prostate cancer and reproductive problems as critics claimed. But they are concerned about neural and behavioral effects. Here's more on what the scientists, critics, and plastics industry have to say.
Happy weekend!
Newsmom T
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