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ABSTRACT Parents play vital roles in rearing the child-s learning and development especially in the digital era. It is indeed empirical for parents to employ good parenting mechanisms to encourage positive behaviour on the use of the internet among their children. Thus, this research sought to determine the parental mechanisms used by parents towards their children-s internet access. Qualitative research approach was used in the study. Informants were selected by purposive sampling method. Demographic profile was obtained from both parents- and children including the child-s activities and the parental mechanisms towards internet access using unstructured-interview guide. Fisher-s narrative paradigm and Woodworth-s SOR theory were adapted to further illustrate the study-s core concepts. Findings reveal that limiting, supervising, monitoring and orienting the children are the control mechanisms the parents observed in controlling their children-s internet access with the emphasis on the setting of specific time, day and duration for internet usage. Parents check the browsing history of the computer to check the websites their children often visit. It was also found that parents are most concerned on the bad influence that the internet might bring to the children supported by their frequent checking of the websites visited. Hence, parents towards their children are perceived to be as online worriers. Further research shall be conducted to quantify the mechanisms employed by parents and how these mechanisms affect the children with their internet usage.