According to the survey conducted by Maximiles Surveys among 1,000 youngsters in Britain, young Britons are increasingly turning to the internet to look for help with personal problems instead of seeking advice from their parents or friends.

90% of youngsters aged under 25 responded for national free helpline Get Connected that they had used the Web targeting to seek for help in solving a personal problem.

But only about 30% said they would turn to their mother to discuss a problem, while 5% would speak to their father. 50% would better searching for advice from a friend.

The survey also reflected that over 50% of young people who turned to the internet to search for help with a problem said that the online information actually made them more worried than they were before.

That appears to be a result of increasing reliant on the internet as a first point of reference for a lot of information, according to the opinion of Andrew McKnight, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Get Connected. He also added that it’s crucial that society makes young Britons aware of exactly Internet is where they can turn to for dependable information and support.