{"id":119567,"date":"2026-01-15T19:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/119567\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T19:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:30:08","slug":"free-resources-for-pinellas-county-parents-to-combat-ai-dangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/119567\/","title":{"rendered":"Free resources for Pinellas County parents to combat AI dangers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The county is offering families a free subscription to Parent ProTech.<\/p>\n<p>PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Pinellas County is now offering parents free resources to protect your kids from the dangers of Artificial Intelligence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jwbpinellas.org\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPWDdxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFVQlY1UmFIcjl3a3dCNlcwc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkAvc4Gce8vQBjNuDtFCEFsJs1xkYmWIMz7Vv-n3Jks51Q2v_28gSjfNbQ08_aem_MWBN7PLvpzakO-FWMje_-Q\" id=\"isPasted\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County<\/a> has partnered with the Pinellas County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, other local law enforcement agencies and Pinellas County Schools to bring families a free subscription to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parentprotech.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Parent ProTech.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kids spend hours every day on their devices, using social media, playing games, and possibly chatting with AI bots,&#8221; the sheriff&#8217;s office said in a post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pinellassheriff\/posts\/pfbid031KVwbQSNa17Q98MHx6cD5zyqFAzdLKMvfowN8AhXNeGwsphRMbNRvQ7XeGoN7JJ2l\" id=\"isPasted\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>. &#8220;That opens them up to all kinds of trouble including bullying, harassment, and exploitation.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Parent ProTech helps parents and caregivers navigate the world of technology with:<\/p>\n<p>Content and resources about keeping kids safe onlineVideos on topics like AI chatbots, online predators, and social media platformsInformation on parental controls and the latest trendsA K-12 curriculum for educators                    <\/p>\n<p>While the subscription would normally cost $4.99 a month, the county Juvenile Welfare Board is offering it to local families for free through <a href=\"https:\/\/app.parentprotech.com\/jwb?fbclid=IwY2xjawPWDvFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFVQlY1UmFIcjl3a3dCNlcwc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHtFXnniVtCjFD3Z6-mfA65AgsTUIr8L218nM1YWKzQwLmYVOZzk5dOlH5uFp_aem_MOLll7n_BUUfKSB-d9ooPQ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this link.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The county is offering families a free subscription to Parent ProTech. PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Pinellas County is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-119567","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-st-pete","9":"tag-st-pete-headlines","10":"tag-st-pete-news","11":"tag-st-petersburg","12":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","13":"tag-st-petersburg-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}