Children should be at least 13 years old to use Internet
About 18% of parents polled said their children between age group of 9-12 have their own social networking profile
A countrywide study conducted in the US by University of Michigan found that majority are of view that children should be at least 13 years old to use Internet.
The University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health found that 29% of the parents with children age 9 to 12 say that their children have their own handheld Wi-Fi enabled devices, which may lead to children going online and unsupervised. When asked about the proposed changes to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, known as COPPA, majority claimed to have supported updating federal laws that require Internet safety standards to protect kids.
