Sacred Heart School to host internet safety expert

     According to Common Sense Media, teens spend an average of nine hours per day immersed in their digital world. Children ages 8 to 12 average nearly six hours a day online. Their digital world allows them potential access to nearly 4.5 billion internet consumers.

   Parenting a teen or child in the digital world can be overwhelming and challenging at best.

   Sacred Heart School is hosting a Digital Empowerment for Parents event on Wednesday, Sept. 13, from 6 to 8 p.m. The event will be held at Newman Hall, Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

   This free event is open to community members and is designed to educate parents by providing them with timely, relevant and important information they can use to develop a strategy to empower their teen or child to make safe and healthy choices online.

   The speaker for this event will be Captain Scott Frank, a retired Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children investigator and now an internet safety expert and empowerment speaker from Oak Harbor, Ohio. Frank founded the Digital Empowerment Project and has presented to tens of thousands of students, parents, and educators.

   Frank exposes the risks of the internet with real-life stories and practical takeaways. More importantly, Frank demonstrates to parents that despite the risks, the internet affords every teen and child the chance to embrace the opportunities to invest your time, inspire others, and impact future. A serious message with a positive outlook!