On the occasion of Father's Day, which was celebrated on Sunday 19 June, Kaspersky Lab highlights the ways in which dads take care of their children on the Internet, checking whether their care extends from the real to the virtual world.
As it turns out, modern fathers pay special attention to their children's activities on the Internet and do their best to find the right balance between protecting and encouraging their interest in the Internet and modern gadgets.
According research conducted especially for Kaspersky Lab, the vast majority of fathers feel responsible for both the financial maintenance of their families and their digital security. This means that it is usually the father who installs solutions security in all home digital Appliances. Συγκεκριμένα, το 86% των συμμετεχόντων δήλωσε ότι προστατεύει ηλεκτρονικούς υπολογιστές, το 77% smartphone and 63% install anti-malware solutions on a tablet.
Maybe that's why dads are more willing than moms to let kids use gadgets from a very young age age.
For example, the number of fathers who give their children smartphones or tablets before their first birthday is at least double the number of mothers who admit to doing the same. In addition, fathers tend to see the Internet as something very important, both for themselves and their children, according to two-thirds of the fathers who took part in the research. Also, unlike mothers, fathers believe that the Internet has a positive effect on their children – on their physical and mental condition, their performance at school, their future professional orientation and their lives in general.
For example, 45% believes that their children feel more successful and comfortable with their friends because of the Internet, and more than a quarter (29%) believes that the Internet helps children to become more organized in their programming their time.
Still, a father is much more likely to buy gadgets for his children, so the latter are not badly treated by their peers. For example, half of the dads provide their children with a computer or laptop based on the above reasoning.
Also, fathers are convinced that children should know how to use digital devices. Thus, over a third of those surveyed (36%) stated that they bought their children a tablet for this reason.
"Paternity is a complex and unique phenomenon, with significant consequences for children's behavioral, emotional and spiritual development. While fathers interact and interact with their children in distinctly different ways than mothers, at the same time they help to prepare their children for the dangers of the real as well as the virtual world. So be a dedicated father who will be involved in the life of his child. Encourage your children to have fun and take risks but to teach them the importance of safety and protection, suggests psychologist Dr. Kyriaki G. Giota.
For all of the above, Kaspersky Lab has prepared a special video
