Prince Harry and Meghan Markle launch Parents’ Network to address the dangers of online harm
On a brilliant summer day near Santa Barbara last week, a group of friends got together, met by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, better known as Harry and Meghan. It was a meeting of an exclusive club, one that no one wanted to join. Most of the parents here have lost a child – directly or indirectly – as a result of exposure to online social media.
Harry and Meghan are trying to give them, and parents like them, someplace to turn for help. It’s called The Parents’ Network, in association with the couple’s charitable Archewell Foundation, and it officially launches today.
Meghan Markle herself knows a thing or two about online bullying, and of course her husband, Harry, is no stranger to that, either … or to unspeakable grief.
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Story produced by John D’Amelio and Julie Kracov. Editor: Steven Tyler.
Jane Pauley
Source: cbsnews.com