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*Parents have spent quality time with their children and they have learned new things about them.   
*Parents have spent quality time with their children and they have learned new things about them.   
*Parents have discovered the “world” of their and they had fun.
*Parents have discovered the “world” of their and they had fun.
===Cautiousness===
===Perceptions and Attitudes===
Some adults have not learned anything while some were cautious about the “virtual world”.
Parental perceptions and attitudes in regards to risks in general were classified as:
===Conceptions and Positions===
*Conservative, referring to those who seem not to be willing to allow their children go online on their own under any circumstances;
*Those who seem to be willing to allow their children to go online on their own under any circumstances;
*Those that understand the risks of the internet and account for it when allowing their children to go online;
*And those who ignore the risks of the Internet.  
===Potential Change of Perceptions and Attitudes===
The project team studied the change in the adults attitudes in regards to the activities of the children and the risks related before and after they had the mutual-activities experience.
The project team studied the change in the adults attitudes in regards to the activities of the children and the risks related before and after they had the mutual-activities experience.
*The conceptions and positions of the adults differentiate according to the type of the risk and the notion and maturity of the children in regards to coping with risks.
*The conceptions and positions of the adults differentiate according to the type of the risk and the notion and maturity of the children in regards to coping with risks.