Relationship between Parental Child Safety Measures and Technology Usage Among Children

Abstract

The aim of the study was to find out the level of child safety measures used by parents of 6th - 9th grade children and the level of technology usage among 6th - 9th grade children. It also focused on studying the effect of family earning type on Parental Child Safety Measure. Relationship between technology usage of children and Parental Child Safety Measures was another aspect that was explored. The study was conducted in Mumbai with a sample of 110 Parents of 6th - 9th grade children, using Purposive sampling technique. A self-structured questionnaire with a reliability of 0. 78 was used. Parents used moderate level of safety measures with their children. Mostly children used smart phones for less than two hours and especially for the entertainment purpose. The results indicated that dual earner families used more safety measures (t=B.57**, p=.00) as compared to single earner families. Results also suggested no statistically significant correlation between Child safety measures used by parents and technology usage of children.