They buried the lead in this Tampa Tribune story, as far as I am concerned: Library’s Web Safety Course Mandatory For Children.

In it, readers of the paper are advised that children under 18 who are wanting to use the free internet access at any Hillsborough County libraries will be required to take a 20 minute internet safety course first.

A great idea, in my book!

My girls have a laptop computer that they share. But it is in the kitchen (a very public place in our home) and it is password protected so that they must get permission to use it for anything. Plus, I speak frankly with them about internet safety and use examples from the news to drive home the point that they simply do not know what creeps are out there lurking.

They get it, they really do. But I still welcome another lesson from another source. We do not use the computers at the libraries, but I think a trip down there just for this purpose is in order…

AND, did you read in the last paragraph about the freebies?!

Everyone who completes the course gets some perks, including free tickets to Lowry Park Zoo, The Florida Aquarium, the Museum of Science & Industry and free stuff at area Waffle House restaurants

See you at the library!