Eight in ten parents (77 percent) with children between the ages of 12 and 17, inclusive, are concerned that their child could encounter sexual predators online, with a majority (51 percent) saying they are "very concerned" and a quarter (26 percent) saying they are "somewhat concerned," according to an Ipsos Reid poll of Canadian parents, reports MarketingCharts. Some findings from the Ipsos survey:

• Parents are also concerned with their child potentially encountering pornographic websites (74 percent), fraudulent scams (70 percent), inappropriate language (68 percent), and cyber-bullying (60 percent).
• In an attempt to monitor the content of websites that their children are visiting, almost two thirds (62 percent) of Canadian parents say that they have visited the websites that their child has visited.
• Similarly, two thirds (65 percent) use their internet browser's history function on an ongoing basis to see what sites their child has been visiting.
• Furthermore, two thirds (66 percent) of parents monitor the online activities of their child while on the computer at home.
• Women (65 percent) are more likely than men (56 percent) to say they have visited the websites that their children visit in order to monitor content. Women (67 percent) are also more likely than men (61 percent) to use their browser's history function for this purpose.
• Most Canadian parents (92 percent) have discussed the possible dangers of the internet with their children.
• Three quarters (74 percent) have sat down and clearly communicated what are acceptable and not acceptable online activities.
• Equally, 74 percent have instructed their child on what to do if they are contacted by a stranger online.
• A similar proportion asks children about who they are chatting to online (77 percent), and explicitly asks their children about which websites they are visiting (74 percent).
• However, only half (49 percent) of Canadian parents with children aged 12-17 are familiar with their child's online aliases.

MarketingCharts has more data from the Ipsos study.