City to Sponsor Internet Safety Forum for Parents, Teens

Editor's Note: The following is a press release from the Richfield Public Safety Department and the City of Richfield.

Join us and learn what you need to know about device safety, social networking, gaming, cyberbullying, and sexting in order to keep your family safe.

Today’s youth are very technologically savvy.  Allowing them to spend large amounts of time online without any supervision or rules, however, is like allowing them to explore a major metropolitan city by themselves. The Internet offers an enormous array of entertainment and educational resources, but also presents risks.

• Are you unaware of what your children are doing on the Internet?
• Are you concerned about the over-abundance of violence and/or sexually explicit material on the Internet, video games, etc?
• Are you concerned about cyberbullying, online predators, or sexting?
• Do you want to set limits on your child’s media use but don’t know where to start?

Then don't miss this information forum! Tuesday, March 19, 4 p.m. at the Augsburg Library, 7100 Nicollet Ave S., Richfield. Presented by Jill Mecklenburg of the Richfield Police Crime Prevention Unit.