Academic reports have highlighted that, by age 15, children are more likely than not to have seen online pornography.
Researchers sought to establish whether parents felt that the government's plans to introduce age verification on commercial pornography websites will make a difference to children viewing adult content.
They also aimed to discover what parents are doing to equip children to deal with adult content and what they feel they need to address these issues.
Results
In order to establish how to address concerns and whether parents feel a need for greater restrictions - whether that be parental controls or a government age restriction - the research also looked at what the concerns are for parents surrounding pornography.
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