“When it comes to Internet usage by youth, some adults might indeed overreact or overprotect their kids,” said Urs Gasser, author of “Digital Natives” and executive director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. “Much of it might have to do with a lack of understanding what happens online and what the benefits of the Internet are, but also where the real problems are.”

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