LOS ANGELES, CA (AP) -- According to the Kaiser Family Foundation survey, most parents are oblivious to their kids activities on the Internet.
The survey, which is posted on www.usatoday.com states, about 3 out of 4 parents check what websites their children have visited.
Two-third of the parents surveyed said they are still ''very'' concerned that they children are being exposed to too much inappropriate content in the media overall.
Michael Angus, which owns a number of websites such as MySpace says, social networking sites "have many positive aspects for kids that are not getting the attention they deserve. … I don't think parents are unconcerned, but they understand what their kids are doing."
Tim Winter of the Parents Television Council says, ''That's wishful thinking. They're living in denial.''
The Pew Internet and American Life Project states, Two-thirds of parents with teens say they "check up" on kids who go online, and about half use software that monitors computer use or blocks content.
The survey also reveals over half of the kids say they've been approached suggestively online, '' and 3 out of the 4 don't tell their parents. More importantly, the kids are saying that have multiple MySpace pages, one for their parents and one for them.
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