I saw this article whilst on train to London and the title of the article somehow
made me laugh. Last Friday, I went to the town centre with my children after
school and I decided to withdraw some money from the cash point. My son watched
me dutifully as I keyed in my pin number and at the end of the transaction, he
said mummy I know your pin now, it’s ****.
Even when I am shopping online, my son would watch me key in
my pin code and try to see if he could memorise my password. Maybe later,
whilst he is browsing online he probably would try to enter the password to pay
for the entire toys from Amazon - by the way he’s only 6 years old.
The article in Metro is talking about how children hack off
their parents. This research is based on a poll conducted by Virtual Piggy.
They surveyed 2000 children between the ages of 5 to 18.
Below is what they found:
12% of children have tried to crack their parents’ online
password
25% of youngsters have racked up internet bills on their
parents’ credit cards or online accounts
80% know the passwords or pin codes to their mother’s and
father’s laptops, phones, tablets or PCs
6% said they have owned their own computer since the age of
eight
30% of children said they fib about doing homework when they
are, in fact, surfing the web.
Source: Metro Tuesday, May 21, 2013
So what have been your experiences with your children?
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