Parents Invited to Learn About Cyber Safety

Parents are invited to learn more about cyber safety at a forum held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at .

Panelists at the forum, put on by Saline Area Schools, include Saline Police Department detective Don Lupi, Pittsfield Township Police Officer and high school resource officer Tiffany Small, and Robbin Batten and Julie Perea, who are Internet safety facilitators for the Washtenaw Area Council for Children.

The puprose of the forum is to help parents learn about potential threats online.

"We want to provide parents with a little bit of education and awareness about the different ways their children can get in trouble online with cell phones and computers," said Lupi, who was a panelist at a similar presentation last spring. "We want parents to be aware of the trends and to know what they should be looking out for."

Panelists will discuss ways to keep children cyber safe. They will also educate parents about the kinds of laws that can quickly turn childish behaviour into very grown-up legal trouble. Other topics include online bullying, parental controls, cyber ethics and behavior that parents should watch for.

Following presentations, parents can ask questions of the panelists.