At least 55 per cent of Nigerian parents have misunderstandings with their children over what they call excessive use of smart phones, a Kaspersky research says.
Modern parents have to constantly educate themselves and keep up to date when it comes to the Internet trends.
There is a strong reason for it – their children. If parents do not know what is popular on the Net, they can have misunderstandings or even conflicts with their children. It turns out, not all the parents keep up with current trends online and have enough knowledge about content that their children prefer.
According to a recent survey, 27 per cent of Nigerian parents do not watch video blogs and are not sure what is popular among modern kids.
However, one third of children in Nigeria watch video blogs, including those dedicated to games and toys (60 per cent), movies (51 per cent), music (43 per cent) and computer games (32 per cent).
It goes on with video games that are one of the most popular pastimes among kids and teenagers – 85 per cent of Nigerian children play video games, 20 per cent involving in multiplayer ones where they are able to communicate with other people participating there.
A child’s digital life can also be the reason for a family conflict, with 55 per cent of parents claiming that their child spends too much time on the phone or doing nothing useful (27 per cent).
“Being digitally educated and involved in social media activities is a must-do for a parent nowadays as the lack of knowledge in this field can trigger some conflicts in the family. In order to understand your child, to be able to communicate with them and discuss certain modern trends of the evolving world, you have to read more and be present on the Net. It can possibly save the parents a lot of trouble and make their children respect them,” said Andrey Sidenko, Lead web content analyst at Kaspersky.
