ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt. -
Keeping kids safe on Facebook. Vermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell teamed up with social media giant Facebook to give parents a better idea on how to keep minors protected. Dozens of parents listened Tuesday night on how to keep their kids' Facebook profiles secure.
"I didn't know a lot of the functionality that existed," said parent Wendy King.
Wendy King says she learned a lot of new ways to monitor what her child does on the popular social media website, "I am on Facebook quite a bit mainly because my daughter is of age and I wanted to be a consumer to understand what she was facing."
Vermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell hosted the event to help give parents more information, "A lot of parents don't know much about Facebook, they are intimidated by it."
Sorrell says it's especially important for parents to be informed when it comes to cyber bullying, "I wanted more people in this community to know how to try and combat and protect young Vermonters from being cyber bullied."
Bullying was a focus of this meeting how other kids and parents can report it to Facebook.
"Kids aren't necessarily approaching their peers directly face to face but if there was a mechanism, where they could report that to a trusted adult, through an e-mail or something like that I think would be helpful," said King.
