Parents Just Don'T Understand: Why Teens Don'T Talk To Parents About Their Online Risk Experiences

Keywords

Adolescent online safety; Cyberbullying; Diary study; Explicit content; Family communication; Information breaches; Privacy; Sexual solicitations

Abstract

Past research has shown that parents tend to underestimate the frequency with which their teens experience online risks. However, little is known about whether and how teens communicate with their parents when online risks do occur. In a two-month, web-based diary study of 68 teen-parent pairs, participants provided separate accounts of the teens' weekly online risk experiences. We found that most teens had little or no communication with their parents regarding their online risk experiences, and parents and teens shared very different perceptions and reactions when risks were reported, helping explain why communication was so poor. We discuss the implications of our results and make recommendations for how researchers and designers may work to improve the state of family communication regarding adolescent online risks in the future.

Publication Date

2-25-2017

Publication Title

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW

Number of Pages

523-540

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1145/2998181.2998236

Socpus ID

85014773515 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85014773515

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