Exploration of Parenting Issues and Teenage Digital Misuse of Internet: Implication on Education

Digital misuses ranging from internet slangs, excessive video game, and internet fraud that culminate to e-cheating is gradually in vogue. In a bid to check digital excesses, this study seeks to explore relationship and perception of parents to misuse of internet and digital devices and their possible educational defects. Using a descriptive survey design, questionnaire was administered on one hundred and twenty respondents. Findings reveal that digital misuse has several educational defects. Consequently, the digital gap between the parents and teenagers is pronounced, as most parents are dormant in updating their knowledge of internet usage. As a result, parents lack the digital skills and ability to curb digital misuse. The need for massive sensitization to curb digital misuse was recommended. Parents should be oriented to acquire contemporary skills needed in checking and curbing digital misuse among teenagers. This will ameliorate digital misuse from gradually eroding educational systems and social values.