Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County Launches Initiative

JWB Interim CEO Michael G. Mikurak and Joshua Adams, Chief Creative Officer of Parent ProTech, discuss JWB’s new digital safety initiative with Allison Godlove of Great Day Live.

When JWB was created 80 years ago, the threat was a person in a van trying to lure children away with candy. Today, there are 500,000 predators active online at any given time. 

There are 800,000 registered sex offenders in the U.S. and nearly 2,000 in Pinellas County alone. Local law enforcement and legislators are working to stop online crimes against children, but prevention is key.

Children and teens spend an average of 8 to 11 hours on devices each day, which is negatively impacting their mental health!

Plus, there’s a growing gap between what parents know about technology and how their children use it.

We must educate and engage parents in keeping their kids safe online.

Accessing online safety should be simple and barrier free. So, JWB is absorbing the cost of annual Parent ProTech subscriptions for Pinellas parents, so parents can focus on gaining wisdom over worry.

Sign up today to keep your children safe online at app.parentprotech.com/jwb.

View the segment as originally published at https://www.wtsp.com/video/features/great-day-live/juvenile-welfare-board-of-pinellas-county-launches-initiative/67-9c7298a1-b7b7-41e1-b0e1-3ee26c21014a