The Breeze Parenting Evening - supporting your teen in 2016.

Keeping Hawkes Bay teenagers safe is at the forefront of a special community evening for parents.

Statistics out from Net-safe earlier this year predict almost every teenager in New Zealand has been asked to send a naked or semi naked photo of themselves. When local radio hosts Waggs and Megan from The Breeze Hawkes Bay had a request from a listener who had found explicit photos on her daughter's phone, they wanted to do something to help.

“An interview with Detective Sergeant Mark Moorhouse on-air followed and that resulted in a huge amount of positive feedback from parents,” said Breeze hosts Waggs and Megan. “We knew there was more to discuss on this topic and we wanted to put it out there for any concerned parent.”

Detective Sergeant Mark Moorhouse who heads up the Child Protection & Adult Sexual Assault Team for Eastern Districts agreed immediately that an evening aimed at educating parents about what goes on with teenagers would be of great benefit.

“Online predators and kids stumbling across pornography have always been a concern for parents, but they’re now realising that sexting and cyber bullying are having a huge impact on the health and wellbeing of their teenagers. This evening is aimed at giving parents the tools they need to support their children and let them know about the support and organisations that are out there for them”.

Along with Detective Sergeant Mark Moorhouse, parents will also get to hear from Detective Lisa Tod (Child Interviewer) and Sandy Ross (ACC Accredited Counsellor).

The Breeze Parenting evening is being held on Wednesday May 25th of May 2016 at Arthur Miller School at 7pm. Parents are encouraged to register their interest by texting the word ‘kids’ to 3920.

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