The weekend death of a Pleasant Hill teenager highlights the continued need for a statewide focus on suicide prevention and bullying, state officials and local advocates say. Sheryl Moore, mother of Alexander Betts Jr., 16, believes bullying contributed to the death of her son, who attended Southeast Polk High School. The teen’s death was a  [ Read More ]

A man in Ireland is arrested on child pornography charges, and a network of ostensibly anonymous and invisible websites goes down at the same time. It’s no coincidence, and this latest chapter in the story of privacy on the Internet shows that it’s hard to hide, even in the “deep Web.” “Just as there is  [ Read More ]

  How many did you know? If you don’t know what your child does online how can you protect them? How can you teach them about the dangers of using or sending inappropriate messages and photos? Protect your child – educate yourself, know how they communicate, the Apps and social media media websites they visit.  [ Read More ]