U.S. parent monitoring online teen behavior 2015

This statistic presents the most popular rules of parents in the United States to monitor their teen's activities online. As of October 2015, 77 percent of responding parents stated that they had rules about what online accounts their children were allowed to have.

Rules of parents in the United States to monitor their teen's activities online and technology use as of October 2015

Characteristic	Share of respondents
What sites he/she can access	79%
What online accounts he/she can have	77%
What he/she can post online for others to see	75%
The time of day he/she can use technology	74%
May only download apps with age ratings	67%
Amount of time he/she can use technology per day or per week	65%
Must check devices with parents/leave in common area before going to bed	60%
When in home he/she can use or be online	59%

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Release date

November 2015

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Region

United States

Survey time period

October 5 to 8, 2015

Number of respondents

589 respondents

Special properties

parents of 6-17 year olds who access the internet

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

On September 9, 2015, Hart Research convened three focus groups in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, among parents whose children access the Internet. The groups were divided by age of child, with one group among parents of six- to nine-year-old children, one group among parents of 10- to 13-year-olds, and one group among parents of 14- to 17-year-olds.
From October 5 to 8, 2015, Hart Research conducted an online national survey of 589 parents of six- to 17-yearolds who access the Internet. To simplify survey administration, parents of multiple children in the age bracket were asked to answer questions about their child who had the most recent birthday.

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