A Pew Internet report shows that in 2011, 77 percent of parents monitored what sites their teens visited.
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Most teenagers use social-media sites and parents are wise to it, "friending" their kids and monitoring which sites they visit at an increased rate, according to a study presented at an educators conference today.
Seventy-six percent of teens are on social-media sites, with most -- 93 percent -- of them on Facebook, according to the Pew Internet study that examined the behavior of teens online.
And the usage increases with age -- a sign that parents are sticking tight to a rule that only teens 13-years-old and up can go on social-media sites, something such sites have been dinged for failing to police in the past.
The report said 45 percent of online 12-year-olds use social-network sites and that the number doubles to 82 percent for 13-year-old internet users.
The increased Internet usage may be why parents are increasing their vigilance online.
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