Children Prefer To Google Rather Than Ask Their Teachers The
majority of children now turn to Google for answers rather than
ask their teachers, new research published on Friday claims.
More than half (54%) of six to 15-year-olds admit the search
engine is their first point of call when they have a question,
with a mere 3% saying they would ask their teacher. Nearly one
in 10 (9%) would never go to their teacher for an answer, a
survey by Birmingham Science City found. But it is not just
teachers Google is replacing; parents also found themselves in
second place to the internet giant. Only around a quarter (26%)
of children said they would ask their parents first if they had
a query. The majority (91%) of the children questioned use
Google, with almost half (47%) Googling at least five times a
day and nearly a fifth (18%) using the search engine 10 times or
more daily. When Google is unable to help, a fifth of children
would then look to Wikipedia for answers. The research,
conducted as part of National Scien