Frenchparents Blog: For Parents with an interest in the French Culture » Life in a family-focused world http://www.frenchparents.com/editorials/eng Living and Surfing Bilingual in France, the US, and beyond with children Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:33:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 E-Enfance.org points out the dangers of letting children surf the Net alone http://www.frenchparents.com/editorials/eng/2007/05/e-enfanceorg-points-out-the-dangers-of-letting-children-surf-the-net-alone/ http://www.frenchparents.com/editorials/eng/2007/05/e-enfanceorg-points-out-the-dangers-of-letting-children-surf-the-net-alone/#comments Tue, 22 May 2007 16:01:22 +0000 admin http://www.frenchparents.com/editorials/eng/?p=24 E-Enfance is an association with a superb web site and blog and a new TV campaign here in France that seeks to inform the public of the dangers of letting children surf the Net without adult supervision. Far from representing a rejection of the Web, they embrace this technology, but simply wish to see it used wisely. They are sponsored in part by BNP Paribas, one of France’s major banks and the one behind a sort of think tank focused on high tech: L’Atelier.
Many parents in France don’t yet realize that letting their children surf the Web alone is akin to letting them loose on the street. E-Enfance points out some startling numbers. The group is also launching a TV campaign showing disturbing spots on the troubling encounters young people can make on the Internet.
TV spots from E Enfance:

  • Tonight, Kevin and Arthur discover what S & * is on their computer screen
  • Thanks to her blog, Olivia will appear on a po**o movie

Children’s Internet Use in France in 2005-2007:

* Internet

  • 95% of 12 to 17 year olds surf the web and prefer it to television. (1)
  • Nearly 50% of children access the Web without adult supervision.(4)

o 60% of 12 to 17 year olds use instant messenging and chats to make friends. (1)

* Mobile Telephony:

  • 66% of 12 to 17 year olds use a cell phone. (2)
  • With the development of multimedia features on cell phones, use of mobile internet access is exponential.

* Explosion of Online Gaming:

  • 60% of chidren connected to the Web do online gaming. (3)

(1) Source : Credoc November 2006 and December 2004
(2) Source : ARCEP june 2005
(3) Source : European Council
(4) Source: Mediametrie study for a the French Education Ministry, December 2006

–> E-Enfance.org blog and TV spots ( in French)

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