Novosibirsk, Russia -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/08/2011 -- Entensys, a leading Russian software developer in the area of Internet security, conducted a survey among parents who are worried about the influence of electronic resources on their children; the children were divided into several age categories.

Entensys specialists polled 1000 users of KinderGate Parental Control software. The results showed that most often the solution of Internet access control was used by parents with children from the age of 13 year.

The provided diagram shows that the urgency of the problem of the potential adverse influence of the Internet grows in direct proportion with a child's age. It is important to note the a dramatic percentage increase is seen for children from 7 years of age (from 1 to 10%). As we know, it is the beginning of school, so parents let their children use the Internet when the do their homework.

The second important peak is obvious for children from 13 years (from 16 to 72%). It is the time when children become strongly interested in various social networking sites, Internet messengers, online-games, and begin expanding their interests; because children, surely, when shut down browsers in the presence of their mother or father, parents become even more worried.

“The conducted survey clearly shows the lack of attention paid to the problem of Internet for children.” says Dmitry Kurashev, Entensys CEO. “Parents still believe that a youngster cannot run into unsuitable content just because he does not look for it. Thus, they encourage a reactive approach to the problem. From the diagram, we see that only a small number of parents use proactive measures to provide safe Internet access to children under 7. Taking into account the established tendency of “children growing up faster and faster,” the “over 13” group will soon become “younger”.”