Parents, Teens, and Online Privacy, by Mary Madden, Sandra Cortesi, Urs Gasser, Amanda Lenhart, Maeve Duggan, Nov 20, 2012. “Most parents of teenagers are concerned about what their teenage children do online and how their behavior could be monitored by others. Some parents are taking steps to observe, discuss, and check up on their children’s digital footprints, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.