{"id":13640,"date":"2018-10-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/hopsofnun-unglinga-i-midbae-hafnarfjardar\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:01:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:01:05","slug":"youth-recruitment-in-the-centre-of-hafnarfjordur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/hopsofnun-unglinga-i-midbae-hafnarfjardar\/","title":{"rendered":"A gathering of teenagers in the centre of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A message to parents in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur from Geir Bjarnason, Sports and Leisure Officer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This autumn, a group of young people has been gathering in the town centre to hang out in and around Fj\u00f6r\u00f0. This has been happening after school, at weekends and into the evening. This gathering can have serious consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Fj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is a shopping centre in the heart of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, a transport hub and the finest shopping centre. There you can pop into caf\u00e9s for a chat and make use of a variety of services. Negative aspects of such a central location in our town centre can arise when teenagers gather there to hang out. There has been a persistent gathering of teenagers around Fj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, mostly of secondary school age. A lot of things are going on there that we don't want our children to be involved in. There are all sorts of older individuals interacting with the children, and it is known that drug dealing takes place there, with teenagers having been seen smoking marijuana at Fj\u00f6r\u00f0. This situation can escalate and spread, drawing more children in.<\/p>\n<p>Effective ways to prevent substance misuse include parents knowing what their children are doing, who they are with, respecting the rules of outdoor activities and taking an active part in organised sports or youth work. There is no organised social activity in Fir\u00f0i; there are no coaches or other positive role models working with the children on exciting projects, and no one knows if it is possible to intervene should anything undesirable happen. Taking part in the parents' walk is one way to ensure the safety of our children, practise neighbourhood watch, and maintain the good condition of the town's neighbourhoods. We encourage parents to take a stroll into the town centre and see for themselves. It is my hope that by reading this short message, parents will realise the situation and stand with us in ensuring that children lead a healthy lifestyle in a safe environment.<\/p>\n<p>Geir Bjarnason, Sports and Leisure Officer<\/p>\n<p>A submitted article was first published in the Fjar\u00f0arp\u00f3sturinn on 4 October 2018.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or\u00f0 til hafnfirskra foreldra fr\u00e1 Geir Bjarnasyni, \u00ed\u00fer\u00f3tta- og t\u00f3mstundafulltr\u00faa \u00cd haust hefur bori\u00f0 \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 h\u00f3pur ungs f\u00f3lks hafi veri\u00f0 a\u00f0 safnast saman ni\u00f0ur \u00ed mi\u00f0b\u00e6 til a\u00f0 hanga \u00ed og vi\u00f0 Fj\u00f6r\u00f0. \u00deetta hefur veri\u00f0 a\u00f0 gerast eftir a\u00f0 sk\u00f3la l\u00fdkur, um helgar og fram \u00e1 kv\u00f6ld.&nbsp; \u00deessi h\u00f3pas\u00f6fnun getur haft sl\u00e6mar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13640"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}