Telecom Exec: Adults Outrun By Web-Savvy Kids
A Verizon Communications executive told a Family Online Safety Institute summit on Thursday that "kids who do risky things in the real world, do risky things in the virtual world" and those who know better, stay away from Web destinations that can get them into trouble.
Nevertheless, Kathryn Brown, the company's senior vice president for public policy, said parents, educators and other adults have an obligation to educate themselves. "We don’t have a lot of experience" in teaching children the do's and don'ts of the Internet age.
"We've equipped our kids pretty well about smoking, drugs [and] drunk driving … because it was part of the experience of our youth and the dangers we saw," Brown said. "We've got to catch up. If we lack experience, we need to learn."
Read more coverage from the FOSI summit in Technology Daily's PM Edition.
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