Digital Smarts - Do Parents Rely Too Much on Teachers for Lessons on Internet Safety?

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Whose job is it to instruct kids on how to safe online? In a worldwide survey of 1800 teachers done by AVG, a security company, four out of five teachers think parents are relying too much on schools to teach internet safety. The survey also found that 38 percent of teachers said they believe parents don't know enough about online safety to be able to teach their own kids. Nearly three-quarters of teachers in the United States reported that they have never had formal Internet safety training themselves, even though 86 percent use Web content in the classroom and 40 percent assign online homework assignments. Who do you think should be teaching kids about digital safety?