Islamabad, Jan. 29 -- According to a recent survey, almost half of parents surveyed (47%) believe that their children play games that are inappropriate for their age. Based on the survey, boys are more prone to such behaviour than girls - 50% and 43% of children respectively have violated age guidelines when playing games on their computers.

The survey entitled "Growing Up Online" was conducted by Toluna research at the request of Kaspersky in 2023-2024. The study sample included 10000 online interviews (5000 parent-child pairs, with children aged 3 to 17 years) in 5 countries: Turkiye, South Africa, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.

It's possible that parents tend to exaggerate the problem of violating age restrictions in computer game...