The Wired Child: Parents are the Ultimate Connection

Every new year brings new challenges and in today’s world you can expect some of these challenges to be technical. According to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), 18 percent of consumers expected to purchase a desktop PC and 20 percent were likely to buy a notebook or laptop PC this past holiday season. The vast majority of those systems will be wired to the Internet.

If your family is part of that group you may have found that, unlike the train set of old, a parent’s struggle doesn’t stop once everything is assembled and ready to go. This is when the job of cyber-parenting begins. You are not alone. The CEA estimates that household penetration of PCs has reached 68 percent, so most parents are trying to discern the rules of raising tech-savvy, yet tech-safe children. Yes, you may have your work cut out for you, but there is help.

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