A recent study conducted by the Internet security firm AVG has discovered that nearly 92% of children in the U.S have some type of online presence by the time they reach just 2 years of age.
The study included 2,200 mothers who told the firm that 81% of their babies have photos uploaded to their accounts or have their very own social network accounts setup for keeping friends and family informed of their daily activities. The total number of toddlers (2 years and under) with accounts in the U.S. alone is a staggering 92% compared to 73% in Europe.
That same study states that nearly one in four children in the United States have an online presence before their even born, while that number increases to 37% in Canada and falls to just under 15% in western Europe.
The study also shows that 7% of babies have their own e-mail addresses made for them right after they are born.
The research also shows that mothers are often just “following the crowd,” with 18% of mothers stating that they were just creating accounts because their friends did it for their own children.
Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, would be happy to know that only 3.5% of mothers questioned said they were concerned about their child’s personal information being stored on line from the time of birth (or earlier) and into their adulthood.
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Wow…I new there was a craze to have baby or foetus photos on the web, but i didnt realise that it went this far.
You have to wonder though, when the parents would allow the children to actually use the e-mail or the computer themselves? Who would trust a laptop or desktop in the hands of a toddler, even the most well behaved one?
Still, a very amusing mental image of a toddler typing away on a keyboard to other toddler friends :p
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Looks like competition is increasing too much.Coming generation is going to explore internet with new definitions and boundary.
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Most parents would do anything for their toddlers because they are our future. Since computers and internet are seen as the future in technology and communication, we don’t want our children to be left behind.
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That figure is insane!
Just goes to show you where the world is heading. Online and inside.
Sad really.
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It does seem a little ridiculous, but then again if it’s a blog or something that can be marked private so only family & friends can access it, I think it’s ok.
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