Redondo Beach parent starts online “Digital Lifeguards”
by Garth Meyer A new grassroots program from a Google engineer to help Redondo Beach parents navigate kids and the online/smartphones world is underway, it’s name stating its mission: “Digital Lifeguards.” The idea stemmed from last May’s Redondo Beach Education Foundation gala, when a man named Sumeet Sharma bid on a lunch with the district superintendent. “I did not bid for the lunch, that was my wife,” Sharma said. She won, and he accompanied her to the meal during the summer with Dr. Nicole Westley. He told her that he had since had an idea he would like to run by her: informal talks for parents on how to protect kids online. “This was his brainchild, and I thought it was a great idea,” Wesley said. Sharma works in Google cybersecurity in Playa Del Rey. Supt. Wesley connected him with Amy Huh, PTA president. Sharma’s subsequent series of “Digital Lifeguards” Zoom meetings – set to begin before Christmas – will be in addition to what the district already does with its “Screenagers” film showings, Cybercop at the high school, etc. A flyer about Sharma’s project is now being circulated on the PTA’s online newsletter with a Q.R. code for parents to express interest. “I am excited…
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