Providing new insight into the complexities of contemporary parenting, the "LG Text Ed Survey," conducted by TRU Research and sponsored by LG Mobile Phones, found that parents engage in poor texting behaviors, consistently underestimate the misuse of texting by their teens, but believe that texting produces increased communication and better relationships between family members.
The LG Text Ed Survey is a national snapshot of texting behaviors among 13 to 17 year olds and parents of 13 to 17 year olds.
Key Survey Findings
Do as I say, not as I text:
Data from the LG Text Ed survey exposed parents participating in the
following mobile misuse behavior:
• 28 percent of parents admit to
engaging in some form of "sexting" and 43 percent of teens admit to
doing the same.
• Almost half of all parents and teens surveyed admit
to texting and driving.
The parent-teen gap:
Additionally, the LG Text Ed survey revealed that many parents are
unaware of teen mobile phone misuse. Of those surveyed:
• 45 percent
of teens admit to texting and driving. And only 4 percent of parents
believe their teens ever text while driving.
• 41 percent of teens
admit to sending, receiving, or forwarding a text that said something
sexual, while only 11 percent of parents thought their teens had ever
sexted.
Texting = closer families: The LG
research also revealed an encouraging fact about life in the digital
age. Results showed that the simple act of communicating over teens'
preferred medium of communication, texting, facilitated a closer
relationship between parent and child. The survey found:
• 90 percent
of texting parents felt closer to their teen as a result of the medium.
•
42 percent of parents said that texting increased the frequency of
communication between parent and teen.
• 68 percent of all texting
parents agree that communicating via text makes them more comfortable
when their teen is out.
Source: PRNewswire
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/do-as-i-say-not-as-i-text-98497159.html
