1. Target group: 40 parents, who took part in the two training courses in the project

2.  Sex: □ Male: 10 persons □ Female: 30 persons  Area: Urban area: 30 Rural area: 10

3.  Age: □ < 35 - 2 persons (2 f) □ 35-40 - 11 persons (3m and 8 f) □ 41-45 - 14 persons (1 m and 13 f) □ 46-50 – 5 persons (2 m and 3 f) □ 51-55 - 7 persons (3 m and 4 f) □ > 56 -1 persons (1 m) f = female m = male

5. Professional school – 9 persons High school – 17 University – 5 Master degree – 8 Ph.D. - 1

6.  Teacher – 7 persons  Schoolmasters - 8 persons  Weaver - 1 person  Typographer - 1 person  Administrator - 3 persons  Auto electrician - 1 person  Social assistant - 1 person  Cashier - 1 person  Nurses - 3 persons  Manufacturer - 1 person

7.  Storekeeper – 1 person  Manager - 1 person  Economist – 2 persons  Priest - 1 person  Constructor - 1 person  Physician - 1 person  Lecturer - 1 person  Secretary - 1 person  Caster - 1 person  Not specified - 3 persons

8.  23 parents / 1 child  8 parents / 2 children  5 parents / 3 children  4 parents / more than 3 children

10. If yes, do you have an Internet connection? □ Yes – 39 persons (10 m and 29 f) □ No – 1 person (f)

11.  1- 3 persons 1=very low  2 – 8 persons 2=low  3 – 14 persons 3=medium  4 – 11 persons 4=good  5 – 4 persons 5=very good 29 have medium/good/very good level

12. Seminars – specialized courses 1(9 pers.) 2 (2 pers.) 3 (5 pers.) 4 (5 pers.) 5 (5 pers) Didn’t answer (14 pers.) Personal use of the Internet 1(2 pers.) 2 (5 pers.) 3(15 pers.) 4 (5 pers.) 5 (6 pers.) Didn’t answer (7 pers.) Specialized readings 1(11 pers.) 2(3 pers.) 3 (4 pers.) 4 (3 pers.) 5 (1 pers.) Didn’t answer (18 pers.) From my children 1(7 pers.) 2(6 pers.) 3 (12 pers.) 4 (2 pers.) 5 (1 pers.) Didn’t answer (12 pers.) From friends 1(7 pers.) 2 (8 pers.) 3 (4 pers.) 4 (1 pers.) 5 (1 pers.) Didn’t answer (19 pers) Other sources (mention them) - 33 parents – from the personal use 33 parents – from the personal use 28 parents – from their children

13. Internet search 90,5% Yes (38 persons) No (2 persons) Yes (38 persons) No (2 persons) E-mail use 70,5% Yes(30 persons) No (10 persons) Yes(30 persons) No (10 persons) Music download 60,6% Yes(26 persons) No (14 persons) Yes(26 persons) No (14 persons)

14.  1 - 2 persons  2 – 1 persons  3 – 12 persons  4 – 9 persons  5 – 14 persons  Didn’t answer – 2 persons Most of them are aware of the risks

15.  Access on sites with illegal, immoral, violent, racist content etc.: 5 (34 pers.) 80,5%  Spam messages (threat, sexual harassment etc.) 5 (30 pers.) 70,5%  Participation in Internet frauds 5 (30 pers.) 70,5 %  Unsecured financial transactions 5 (28 pers.) 70,0%  Internet addiction 5 (28 pers.) 70,0%  Direct communication with unknown persons (in chat rooms, blogs, msn etc.) 5 (28 pers.) 70,0%

17. Age groups  9 years – 4 persons  10 years – 2 persons  11 years – 2 persons  12 years – 5 persons  13 years – 3 persons  14 years – 5 persons  15 years – 3 persons  16 years – 4 persons  17 years – 2 persons  18 years – 5 persons  19 years – 4 persons  21 years – o persons

18.  Less than 3 hours per day – 16 persons  Over 3 hours per day – 12 persons  Once or twice per week – 8 persons  Once or twice per month – 1 person  Once or twice per year – 0 persons  Do not know / Not certain – 1 person  Other (please specify) – during free time – 2 persons

20.  Throughout comparison of the way parents see the intensity of the Internet use, we must show that they consider the Internet use of their children is more frequent than their own use

21.  In respect to the location from which the children access the Internet, the parents show that the great majority of children access the Internet from home: 21 persons indicate level 5 of home access 3 pers. indicate level 4 9 pers. indicate level 3 5 pers. level 2 2 pers. indicate level 1

22. Time of day  In the morning Yes (2 pers.) No (17 pers.) Do not know / Not sure (21pers.)  Noon Yes (3 pers.) No (14 pers.) Do not know / Not sure (23 pers.)  In the afternoon Yes (28 pers.) No (2 pers.) Do not know / Not sure (10 pers.)  In the evening Yes (26 pers.) No (4 pers.) Do not know / Not sure (10pers.)  After midnight Yes (0 pers.) No (16 pers.) Do not know / Not sure (24pers.) The great majority of children access the Internet in the afternoon and in the evening.

23. □ in his/ her room – 21 persons □ in parent’s room – 7 persons □ in common rooms (ex. living room) – 12 persons The great majority of children placed the computer in their own room That is why some of the parents cannot be around their children when they use the Internet

24.  20 persons state that they can be around their children when using the Internet.  15 persons state that they cannot be around their children when using the Internet. □ Didn’t answer - 5 persons

25. Access of sites with illegal, immoral, violent, racist content etc. 5(36 pers.) 5(36 pers.)90,0%

26. Direct communication with unknown persons (in chat rooms, blog, msn etc.) 5(35 pers.) 80,7% Participation in Internet frauds 5(35 pers.) 80,7% Unsecured financial transactions 5(31 pers.) 70,7% Danger for health 5(31 pers 70,7% Spam messages (threats, sexual harassment etc.) 5(31 pers.) 70,7%

27.  28 persons state that the children have never been in any danger during the Internet use  12 persons state that they have been notified by their children about this kind of dangers □ Yes – 12 persons □ No – 28 persons

28.  Communication with unknown persons – 3 persons  Personal data theft trial – 3 persons  You access a site and you find porn – 3 persons  Violent sites– 1 person  Viruses messages – 2 persons  Games addiction – 1 person

29. Installation of antivirus programs 5(30 pers.) Parents’ surveillance in the case when children access chat rooms, bloggs, msn etc. 5(32 pers.) Regular verification of the computer by parents in order to identify the documents with suspect content 5(31 pers.) Installation of some software and e-mail filters (by parents) 5(31 pers.) 5(31 pers.) Internet activity reports provided by certain services (ex. MSN Premium) 5(29 pers.) Children’s information in school about the dangers of Internet 5(35 pers.) Interdiction for children to access the Internet 5(22 pers.) Other methods (please specify): Making children aware of the right use of computers 1(2 pers.)

30.  Child education – 1 person  Selection of option together with the parents - 1 person  Internet access only in the afternoon - 1 person  Discussions on the dangers with the child – 2 persons  Limitation of children’s access time – 7 persons  Personal example of parents – 1 person  Introduction of computer password – 1 person  Introduction of filters/firewalls for illegal and immoral sites – 3 persons  Surveillance/ monitoring/ verification of child’s activities – 15 persons  Permanent communication with the child – 18 persons  Making children aware of the risks – 3 persons  Restrictions in accessing some Internet sites – 1 person  Do not know - 2 persons  Didn’t take any measure - 4 persons  I trust my child - 1 person

31.  1 - 1 person  2 - 4 persons  3 - 10 persons  4 - 13 persons  5 - 12 persons 35 parents considered that they have a medium/good/very good level of children protection

32.  The data obtained from this study lead to the conclusion that the publication of a guide is necessary; the guide will facilitate the understanding of each child’s personality, in order to avoid any kind of danger which could show up in the children’s lives. This study was achieved by prof. Maricica Buzescu prof. Ileana Savinescu