Why do I need parents when I've got Google ?

...to paraphrase the title of Ian Gilbert's book...
(which is well worth reading by the way)

Some research from Birmingham Science City has suggested that students now look to Google first for the answers to questions they might have


The majority (54%) of six to 15 year olds admit Google is their first point of call when they have a question, with just 3% asking their teacher when they are in need of an answer. While nearly one in ten (9%) say they would never go to their teacher if they had a question, reveals new research from Birmingham Science City.
Parents also found themselves in second place to Google with just over one quarter (26%) of children saying they would ask their parents first if they had a query. In fact, more than one third (34%) of children do not think their parents could do their homework and more than one in ten (14%) do not think their parents are intelligent.
The research also revealed that a quarter of children do not know what an encyclopaedia is, with one in ten thinking it is something you cook with, travel on, use to catch a ball or to perform an operation.

Thanks to Ollie Bray for a tweet which led me to the report...

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