Most parents monitor kids on Facebook: study

About 70% of American parents keep tabs on their children's Facebook accounts. - AFP Photo

Some two-thirds of American parents monitor their children's Facebook activities, but a large percentage say they trust their youngsters to manage on their own, a study showed recently.

The survey by the Annenberg Center for the Digital Future at the University of Southern California found 70% of parents keep tabs on their kids' Facebook accounts. Some 46% had passwords.