Online kids are accessing information not only for themselves but also for their parents - some 14% said they planned to help their moms file income tax returns online - according to the Kidz Surfin Poll from market researcher Stars for Kidz, which examined how tweens and teens 8-14 years old spend their time online.

The poll, conducted March 7-12 surveyed over 6,000 online kids and found their chores now include going online to help their parents with travel arrangements, insurance quotes, bill payment and purchases - because, nearly half (47%) of online kids say - their parents are clueless about the internet.

And they use a variety of technology - wireless handheld games, cell phones, web-enabled browsers to access the internet - often without their parent’s permission.

Kids reported that their top ten chores online include sharing pictures and e-mails with relatives (38%); looking up movie listings (38%); responding to invitations, party and vacation planning (36% each); and travel (36%); getting driving directions (35%), writes ClickZ, citing the survey.
 
Other Kidz Surfin Poll data cited by ClickZ:

• 26% go online more than three hours online a day, on average.
• Some 77% say they shop online, and almost 10% report having a credit card, though gift cards are a more popular way to shop online.
• Some two-thirds (66%) download music.
• More than half access social-networking sites, such as Club Penguin or MySpace.
• 46% say their parents monitor and remain in control of online time.
• One quarter have been caught doing something they shouldn’t be doing on the internet.
• 20% say they have an email account that they don’t tell their parents about.