Children are being risky online..
Many children aged 9 to 11 are being very risky online, suggests a survey.
More than one thousand primary school children took part in the research, and it suggests 1 in 5 of them had met someone in person after being in contact online.
Many are sharing personal information and playing games rated for much older children.
They also believe 22% of 9 - 11 year olds had been online after 9pm.
The research has been carried out by the charity Safe and Secure Online.
Late nights
The survey also asked children about the amount of time they were spending online and what they got up to.
It found that 43% went online everyday and 46% spent more than two hours each time they browsed.
Many (22%) regularly used it after 9pm and a small percentage, 7%, were still online after midnight. Some children said that their concentration in class had suffered because of the late nights.
And why? Because and I quote:
"He said: "Youngsters actually participate in a lot of risky behaviours that I don't believe the parents know about," he said. "Not because of any ill will on behalf of the parents, it's just that the parents do not understand technology." "
This is so sad, I or you guys might have been chatting and flirting with kids between the age of nine to 11.
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