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PARENTS’ PERCEPTION TOWARDS USE OF INTERNET BY THEIR CHILDREN
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Internet is the global network connecting millions of computers and their users. There is no doubt internet has benefitted every human beings including children, but it is necessary for parents to know what their child does hours and hours in the internet. Children use internet in different ways and for different reasons, depending on their age, circumstances and interests. The purpose of this report was to examine the parents’ perception and concern towards internet using habit of their child. Research for this report included a review of literatures on related websites and booklets. Survey was done to a selected sample from a specific population of Dhapakel, lalitpur Municipality. Simple random sampling technique was followed to collect data for the study. Data were coded, analyzed and interpreted using Likert scale method the major findings indicate that most of the parents only knows that their child use internet for some reasons but they have no in-depth knowledge of what they do for hours and hours in the internet. Parents encourage their children to use the internet mostly because it also provides the educational befit for them along with the entertainment. All the parents encourage their child to use internet but they themselves do not prefer using it for their work. Most of them do not set any time limits to use internet for their children and child use internet for more than two hours in average. Most of the parents know benefit and negative aspects of internet, but they do not take any measures to prevent their child from harmful effects of internet. The internet is hampering study of their child only in average level.
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