 Parents in Souffre on Wednesday 13th March participated in a parenting session hosted by the Souffre Original Development Foundation through its community liaison department. The session aimed to assist parents in better understanding and addressing the challenges faced by children in today's world. The community transformational officer at the SRDF, Yvette Pascal, explained that over 50 parents in and around the Souffre Basin are now equipped with the knowledge to help their children navigate the digital world we live in. The primary objective of this session is to empower the parents, educate them and create a safer online environment for the children. It is important that we have this program in Souffre, not only in Souffre but across the island because too often we have our young children online doing whatever they want and not what we want. So I think if we educate our parents they will create a more online friendly atmosphere for the children. Facility to Dr. Venus Cherry lauded the SRDF for such an initiative. I think this should be done more often in many different places every little niche and cranny you can and what I like about this I saw kids here today parents brought in the kids so the kids are here for themselves first hand the dangers but yes seminars like this are very very important because every day we talk about why are our kids like this why are people like this. Dr. Cherry further stated that it is important for parents to have a vested interest in everything their children do to ensure their safety. You need to understand as a parent how much control you have how you can connect your two devices and control and lock your children out of the internet at times and so I think it's important that people understand that they have the power and it doesn't matter from Souffre if you went to high school everyone has a cell phone right now a smartphone and can operate it so they need to understand that as good as it is and we feel like it's part of our everyday life it's like having a knife in the kitchen. The Souffre Regional Development Foundation says this initiative is the first in a series to ensure the holistic development of children in Souffre. From the Souffre Regional Development Foundation I am Jeanif Gonzaga.