This article examines parental knowledge of negative online experiences among adolescents, focusing on mediation strategies within a representative German sample. Analysing data from 710 adolescents and their parents, the results show that parents have a relatively high level of knowledge, although they mostly underestimate experiences related to sexual content. Adolescents’ age was a negative predictor of parental knowledge, whereas active mediation was a positive predictor. Importantly, adolescents’ perceptions of their parents’ active mediation positively predicted parental knowledge. This highlights the central role of adolescents’ perspectives in shaping parents’ knowledge of their children’s negative online encounters.
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