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An important, frank and startling presentation on cyber safety and the perils of too much online time for kids is coming to Humboldt.
Laura Lawrence, speaker dedicated to youth mental health and wellness, returns to the area to spread information about Online Harms and Cyber Safety. The presentation is free for the community on December 3, 6:30 pm at Jubilee Hall in the Humboldt Uniplex.
The event is sponsored by Safe Communities Humboldt and Area and Homebase, the youth initiative housed at Partners Family Services.
The founder of Youth Matter Canada, Lawrence brought her presentation to Lake Lenore School and to the community in a revealing information session.
Last spring, the speaker developed a keynote talk addressing online harms education and cyber safety which she says came from her own life.
“It really came from a personal experience of having one of my own teenagers experience a pretty serious online harm,” Lawrence explains. “Prior to that, I was aware of the impact of digital spaces and spending time in some of these social media and gaming apps platforms were having on youth, but I didn’t know the extent.”
Lawrence took a deeper dive into the digital world to educate herself. On seeing the depth of the problem, she embarked on a mission to communicate her findings to youth and their parents. Her talks advocate awareness, education and personal responsibility of their behaviour online.
Anyone connected in any way with youth should attend this important talk.