A report reaching here Saturday from Taipei said the survey was conducted on-line from May 4-10 among 3,009 Internet users by the Can Love Association in cooperation with the Taiwan Mobile Foundation and the friend-making Web site Molibee.com.

While 50 percent of the respondents said they will approach their mothers if there is something troubling them, 55 percent of the respondents are passive when their mothers need consolation, the survey showed.

Eighty percent of the respondents live with their mothers.

However, 40 percent meet or maintain contact with their mothers for less than four hours per week, 60 percent talk to their mothers for less than four hours per week, and 40 percent spend less than two hours per week joining leisure activities with their mothers.

Su Ho, secretary-general of the Can Love Association, said the survey indicates that children are concerned about their mothers but have no idea how to help their mothers through emotional problems.

In light of the situation, Su said, the association is organizing a series of lectures and growth groups on the prevention of depression, with related information available online. Enditem