Investigating the Relationship between Parental Supervision of their Children’s Internet Settings and Children Reactions

Todays, the Internet conveys negative effects, in addition to its positive impacts. Parents’ inadequate knowledge about the Internet can harm family and social life. Family plays a central role in society and human life therefore parents should protect their children from risks and harms of the Internet, in addition to the risks and harms in the real world. The present study is conducted to investigate the correlation between educational level of parents and the parental supervision of their children’s private internet settings and also the correlation between supervision of parents and rejection by children. This study asked 152 Iranian students aged 15 to 17 years and one of their parents to fill out questionnaires regarding their internet usage and parental supervisions. Results show that parents with higher educational status checks children’s internet settings more. Results also show that the more parents check their children’s internet setting the more children ignore parental supervision.